Photo Assignment #3, Jayaraman

Amad laughs at something an acquaintance said in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union's Baltimore room at the University of Maryland on February 21, 2019. His decision to keep his AirPods in lent his smiling face a "cool" factor even as he engaged in conversation. 

Adele h. Stamp Student Union's food court goes through a lull after the lunch rush on February 22, 2019 at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. Employees sit down to chat and eat or rest their legs in this moment free from the demands of hungry students.  

Lanqui Fei, a double major in agriculture & resource economics and math,  plays the piano while a friend listens in the Baltimore room at the University of Maryland's Adele H. Stamp Student Union in College Park, Maryland on February 22, 2019. Fei played a couple of songs from movie soundtracks, including "Una Mattina" from "The Intouchables" and "City of Stars" from "La La Land."

A Subway sandwich waits for its owner in the food court at the University of Maryland's Adele H. Stamp Student Union on February 22, 2019 in College Park, Maryland. The sandwich declined to give its name, opting instead to sit anonymously (and deliciously) until the return of the person who bought it. 

Douglas Downing, a staff member of the Cellular Biology and Molecular Genetics department at the University of Maryland, grabs a bite tot eat at the college's Adele H. Stamp Student Union on February 22, 2019 in College Park, Maryland. Between sips of his drink and bites of his fries, he explains the kinds of research he sees in the Bio-Research building where he works.