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Karen Shih ’09

Karen Shih has come full circle from her toddler days, when she lived with her parents in University of Maryland graduate housing. She's written for a variety of schools, including Brandeis University, Tufts University and Perkins School for the Blind, and she's always ready to cover the next great food or animal story.


Miheer Khona stands in front of the IDEA Factory cafe

Meals to ‘Krave’

From Curry Tots to a Chili Crunch Burger, New Incubator at IDEA Factory Offers Testbed for Fledgling Restaurants

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Homecoming 2024 Preview: Red, Black and Gold (Medalists)

Celebrations Feature Spirit Week Swag and Specials, Community Art, New Football Foe

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Farm to Table, UMD Style

Terp Farm Celebrates 10 Years of Growing Fresh Produce for Campus

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Foiling Food Waste, Battling Plastic Bottles: UMD Sustainability Fund’s Victories

300 Projects Later, Grant Program Keeps Greening Campus

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Second Chance to ‘Do Good’ at UMD

New Round of Campus Grants to Award Up to $320K for Student, Faculty, Staff Projects

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‘Find Something Bigger Than Yourself’

Maryland First Lady and Alum Dawn Moore Shares Priorities, Passions in Conversation at UMD

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A Peek Inside … INFO College Professor Jessica Vitak’s Office

‘Dynamite’ Space Features BTS ‘Luv,’ ‘Butter’-y Sweet Appreciation Notes, Framed Failures

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Akshaya Anand ’19, M.P.S. ’23 and Anna Li hold prize with two others on stage

Alum’s Heart Screening Startup Wins $1M Hult Prize

Korion Health Beats 10,000 Teams in International Social Entrepreneurship Competition

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Honoring ‘Las Muertes’

Terps Highlight How D.C.’s Salvadoran Diaspora Uses Art to Grapple With Painful Past in New Documentary

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‘Connie’ Breaks a Story: Her Own

In a New Memoir, Trailblazer Connie Chung ’69 Recounts Battling Misogyny and Racism to Reach the Pinnacle of TV News

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What It Takes: Driving Shuttle-UM Buses

Earn a Commercial Driver’s License, Navigate Campus Construction—and Never Be Stuck at a Desk

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Around the World With Adventurous Terps

From the Fjords of Norway to the Peaks of Peru, Students Studied, Researched and Did Good This Summer

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