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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some UMD grads do give back. Here's an article from last month about a grad who donated major $$$ for a new computer lab at UMD.  http://www.umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/brendan-iribe-oculus-ceo-gives-31m-new-umd-computer-science-building. I didn't go there, but this looks like a good option for DC who is into STEM - if we can get past the proximity and town issues others have mentioned.

I'm guessing that most major donors would prefer buildings with their names on it.

I'm not sure how you'd donate to prettify College Park anyway. Would you donate for streetscaping along Route 1?  Or maybe new facades for the little stores along there? I can't see that happening. [/quote]

You would do what bloomberg does with JHU - put up huge ass buildings and fund world class programs which brings talent to the area, which spurs business development, which spurs community beautification.

umd's endowment is super low for the quality of education it provides.

is it a dc thing? Becuase georgetown's endowment is also really low compared to its peers.[/quote]

Agree that the area around JHU - a great school - leaves a lot to be desired.

Anyway, why would businesses, even STEM businesses, chose to locate in College Park instead of, say, Silver Spring or the I-270 corridor, where they can be a hop, skip and jump away from UMD? In fact UMD already does have several world class programs (comp sci, poly sci, others), along with ever more numerous huge ass buildings. Yet we haven't seen big-name businesses being drawn to College Park yet.

How far is the metro from the UMD campus, anyway? (I ride Metro all the time, but never out there.) If there's a metro stop close by, that often spurs development in the surrounding area. See Hyattsville, for example. [/quote]

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