The universitywide competition, now in its 11th year, featured over $170,000 in prize money, with UMD student and alumni entrepreneurs pitching their companies “Shark Tank”-style to a room full of judges and spectators at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center.
Sankar Das Sarma and Richard L. Greene were among the 120 American and 25 international scientists selected this year “in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
“El Ciclón,” a musical-meets-film-meets-experimental theater production, runs Friday through Sunday at The Clarice. While the basic plot might follow thriller movie conventions, the show aims for deeper truths about women’s labor, relationships between men and women, power dynamics and more.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Juniors Saanvi Kataria and Maya Emerson enjoy a sunny afternoon Thursday on McKeldin Mall, proving that sometimes, a buddy and a bottle of bubbles are all you need. (Photo by Dylan Singleton)
