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News Articles: University of Maryland

Hundreds of balloons are being launched into the path of the eclipse as part of a program to educate students.

Hundreds of balloons go airborne to witness the eclipse from the edge of space

A NASA-backed program to launch research balloons is designed to study the atmosphere while training students.

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  • Geoff Brumfiel
Student volunteers prepare two balloons for a morning launch in Cumberland, Md., as part of a nationwide project to study the April 8 eclipse.

On eclipse day, hundreds of students will send up balloons for science

The NASA-backed Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project puts students in charge of a bold scientific endeavor to study the April 8 total solar eclipse.

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  • Geoff Brumfiel
Davidson head coach Lefty Driesell drops to a knee in front of his bench as he watches North Carolina win an NCAA Eastern Regional basketball tournament at College Park, Md., on March 15, 1969. Driesell, the coach whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor that put Maryland on the college basketball map, died Saturday.

Lefty Driesell, coach who put Maryland on college basketball's map, dies at 92

The Hall of Famer whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor was the first coach to win more than 100 games at four NCAA Division I schools.

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  • GPB Newsroom
The removal of the Confederate Memorial in Section 16 of Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., is on hold after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order.

A judge halted the removal of a Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery

A group filed suit saying that the removal of the memorial was disturbing surrounding graves. A federal judge ordered workers to stop and scheduled a hearing for Wednesday.

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  • Sarah McCammon
In 2017, Sean Urbanski (right) approached and fatally stabbed Army 1st Lt. Richard Collins III as he waited for a ride-share, on the University of Maryland, College Park campus.

White Man Gets Life In Prison For Killing Black Army 1st Lt. Richard Collins III

Sean Urbanski, 25, was convicted of murdering Collins in 2017. Limitations in Maryland's hate crime statute that exempted Urbanski led to a change in the law.

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  • Brakkton Booker