UMD lifts yearlong hiring freeze on critical and essential faculty and staff
It may take several years to address the long-term financial prospects prompted by COVID-19.
All USM employees to receive administrative leave for Juneteenth
All summer session classes at the University of Maryland will also be canceled for Juneteenth.
After Atlanta shooting, UMD students hold vigil to heal and confront anti-Asian hate
The vigil was organized by three students in the wake of the Atlanta spa shootings.
UMD’s witnesses testify at hearing for workers union’s labor complaint
The witnesses testified about the university's relationship with the union.
UMD workers’ union speaks out on unsafe work conditions in first state labor board hearing
The board is having hearings throughout the week.
United Students Against Sweatshops pushes UMD to bargain with workers union
Students in USAS handed out masks to union workers at McKeldin Library.
Quarantine Obsession: An ode to biscoito de queijo and my grandmother
A biscoito de queijo is crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside.
With campus COVID cases on the rise, UMD community sounds off on sequestering order
Some say the directive is necessary, but others think it's extreme.
Maryland records its first case and death of Brazilian COVID-19 variant
The variant is believed to be more transmissible than the original COVID-19 strain.
Maryland lawmakers and USM employees speak on collective bargaining bill at hearing
The bill would allow a union representing multiple institutions to negotiate a “master agreement” with the system.