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Coffee in hand, College Park? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which 10 UMD spots should you show your visiting family?
  • College Park-based program offers free guide for smarter on-farm experiments
  • How you can join UMD's next joint quantitative psychology brownbag talk

Also on today's calendar: DivorceCare and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 88 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Periods of sun; less humid, temps: high: 82, low: 65.
  • Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. 10 UMD spots to show your family when they visit campus (dbknews.com) — If your family is heading to College Park, this guide highlights must-see spots on the University of Maryland campus, from McKeldin Mall and Testudo to Memorial Chapel and Maryland Dairy. It also suggests Jones-Hill House, the arboretum, and your own favorite hangouts so visitors experience the places that actually shape your daily life here.
   

2. 10 Steps for Conducting Research on Your Farm or Ranch (morningagclips.com) — From College Park, the SARE program is rolling out a free bulletin to help farmers and ranchers design solid on-farm research projects before making risky management changes. Local producers can download or order the guide to plan trials, analyze results, and share findings, while educators can request bulk copies for workshops and classes across the region.
   

3. Joint Quantitative Brownbag: Christian Ringle (osu.edu) — A joint quantitative psychology brownbag series that includes the University of Maryland in College Park is hosting a Zoom talk by Dr. Christian Ringle on improving regression models with advanced copula methods. Local researchers, grad students, and data-minded professionals can tune in online to learn about more robust approaches to handling endogeneity in empirical work, with more logistical details to be announced.
   

4. UMD to debut accelerated master's program in 2027 (thedailyrecord.com) — Starting in summer 2027, the University of Maryland in College Park will offer a one-year accelerated MBA through the Robert H. Smith School of Business, alongside its existing two-year program. Designed for early-career professionals, the degree emphasizes AI fluency, experiential learning with corporate partners, and skills for navigating technology-driven, disrupted business environments.
   

5. Unlocking Forest Diversity from Above: Fieldwork at Smithsonian's BiodiversiTREE (nasa.gov) — University of Maryland College Park scientists joined NASA and other researchers at the Smithsonian's BiodiversiTREE site near Edgewater to study forest diversity using leaf measurements and airborne imaging. Their work links detailed leaf traits to remote sensing data, aiming to improve how we monitor forest health and reforestation success across Maryland and beyond from the sky.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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