The following article originally appeared in Maryland Today: As a kid, Kara McGrath ’13 had to have her “pocket cheese”—string cheese she shoved, at her mother’s dismay, into every jacket and pant so she could have it on the go. In college, she blew her budget on fancy fromage during grocery runs with roommates. And when she got married in 2018, she served her guests a flowery, four-tiered cake made not from red velvet or buttercream, but wheels of Manchego, blue cheese and Harbison.

University of Maryland students partnered up with Montgomery Parks staff and volunteers for an important day of pulling weeds.

Searching for dinosaur bones has always been an interesting assignment for students in Thomas R. Holtz’s classes. But after the recent discovery of more than 100 dinosaur fossils, the exercise is now a little like prospecting for gold where it’s just been found.

The North Campus Block Party has been rescheduled to Wednesday, September 20 from 7:30-10:30 PM on La Plata Beach.

Convocation takes place during the first week of classes, after students have attended their first colloquium.