Females are about 86 cm (34 in) long and weigh about 3.4 kg (7.4 lbs), while males average at about 2.12 m (7.3 ft) in full breeding plumage (107 cm/42 in when not) and weigh about 5 kg (11 lbs). the peacock is about 50 or 60 cm tall.
Maryland was a founding member of the Southern Conference in 1921, a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1952, and is now a member of the Big Ten Conference. The nickname was coined in 1932 by Dr. Harry C. Curley Byrd, then the school's football coach and later the school's president.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A new University of Maryland research center will focus on the human side of environmental policymaking and activism-one of the first of its kind in the field.The Center for Society and the Environment will formally launch this summer as a hub for researchers and students of sociology.nvironmental legislation and community activism doesn't just spring up in a vacuum, said Dana R. Fisher, an associate professor of sociology in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) who directs the new center.