UMD GSG elects new executive board members for 2025-26 school year
Journalism doctoral student Keegan Clements-Housser will serve as the GSG’s 2025-26 president, while Ivy Lyons and Sydney Overton were elected vice presidents.
Here’s how to vote in the 2025 UMD GSG presidential election
The voting period for program representatives is set to open in about a week, but a specific date has not been finalized.
UMD SGA election sees highest number of voters since 2020
Voter turnout in this year’s University of Maryland SGA election increased by about 167 percent from last year, according to a Diamondback analysis.
UMD leaders promote technology, innovation at World Quantum Day celebration
The celebration featured an interview with a physics Nobel Laureate and a look at this university’s quantum and arts project collaboration.
Dozens of researchers present findings at Graduate Research Appreciation Day
The event aimed to help researchers practice presenting in a lower-stakes environment as well as to publicize graduate students’ research.
UMD community criticizes ‘xenophobic’ federal inquiry about Chinese students, faculty
The letter demands this university provide six pieces of information about Chinese national students and researchers to a congressional committee.
UMD administration details response to federal inquiry about Chinese students, faculty
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent Darryll Pines a letter urging this university to provide details about Chinese national students.
UMD GSG urges university to lower fees, administrative costs for international students
The resolutions call on this university to change the fee structure for Maryland English Institute courses and to abolish the $125 per semester international student fee.
UMD SGA overturns president’s veto of act calling for recognition of Graduate Labor Union
Unionization would allow graduate student workers to negotiate for a contract and on working conditions, including wages and hours.
UMD international students prepare for uncertainty after Trump’s executive orders
International students at this university have expressed concerns about how recent policies may affect their ability to stay in the United States.