Daimler Chrysler Berlin Prize — Associate professor David Poeppel, who holds joint appointments in the university's departments of linguistics and biology, won the 2004 Daimler Chrysler Berlin Prize awarded by the American Academy in Berlin. He is the first scientist to win this fellowship.
Dairy — See Turner Hall.
Day Dodgers — An older term used as early as 1908 to refer to students who commute to campus.
Denton Hall — Dormitory constructed in 1964. It was designed by Ted Englehardt and named for Denton, Maryland, county seat of Caroline County.
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship — Created in 1986 and named for alumnus Michael D. Dingman, who donated funds to the Robert H. Smith School of Business to create the center.
Diving —
The diving team is a part of the swimming team. Men's competition began in 1957, women's in 1976.
Dorchester Hall — Dormitory constructed in 1959 and named for Dorchester County, Maryland.
Dormitory, oldest — Calvert Hall, originally constructed in 1914, is the oldest dormitory on campus.
