Swastika found in University of Maryland’s plant sciences building
Police responded at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday but do not yet know when the incident occurred.
UMD’s Title IX officer has been reassigned to report to the school’s general counsel
SGA President AJ Pruitt called the reassignment a conflict of interest, and said in a statement that Title IX Officer Catherine Carroll called it a “demotion” in a conversation with him.
UMD students and administrators condemn Trump’s choice to end DACA
Ten thousand DACA recipients work or go to school in Maryland, and as of fall 2016, 113 students attended this university under DACA.
UMD’s mock trial coach resigned last week, but he’ll continue to work at UMB’s law school
Mark Graber resigned last week after an accidentally sent email exchange regarding Latino students’ qualifications for his mock trial class.
Prosecutors want life without parole for Sean Urbanski in murder of Richard Collins
Urbanski, a former student at this university, was indicted in July on a murder charge in the incident.
UMD will hold a moment of reflection Wednesday to honor Richard Collins
At 12:05 p.m., this university, Bowie State University and other University System of Maryland campuses will go silent to honor Richard Collins, who was killed on the campus in May.
After Charlottesville, UMD’s marching band will stop playing the pro-Confederate state song
The song, in which Abraham Lincoln is referred to as a “despot” and the North as “scum,” used to be featured in the band’s football pregame show.
President Loh speaks out against “supremacist ideology” of Charlottesville protesters
Loh affirmed his commitment to the “values of diversity, inclusion, and mutual respect” after violence erupted at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville Virginia Saturday.
UMD’s new chief diversity officer was on his own search committee, but he didn’t pick himself
While Roger Worthington was on the search committee, the group selected three other candidates as finalists before university officials ultimately picked him.
The University of Maryland names new associate vice president
Joel Seligman is currently the associate vice president and chief communications officer at the University of New Hampshire.