UMD students, staff and faculty will work on 50 projects to help local communities Former College Park Mayor Andy Fellows is leading the effort. Carrie Snurr March 30, 2017
PG County Police raid College Park house in search of controlled substances The investigation is ongoing, police said. Carrie Snurr March 30, 2017
UMD GSG says it will continue to fight for collective bargaining despite bill failure One of GSG’s next steps includes reaching out to other University System of Maryland schools for support. Carrie Snurr March 27, 2017
Maryland bill would extend sick leave to 10,000 student workers in the university system Both the Maryland House and Senate have passed versions of the bill, but they have significant differences. Carrie Snurr March 16, 2017
A federal judge in Greenbelt has temporarily blocked part of Trump’s new travel ban The suspension follows a Hawaii judge’s decision Wednesday to implement a restraining order. Carrie Snurr March 16, 2017
Officials delay announcement of FBI headquarters location until funding is secured A new deadline for choosing the site and developer has not been set. Carrie Snurr March 10, 2017
UMD student formerly stuck in Sudan says Trump’s travel ban caused “a lot of uncertainty” Abubakr Mohamed Hamid returned to this university about two weeks ago. Carrie Snurr March 9, 2017
Two Greek councils, citing insensivity, won’t participate in UMD’s Greek Week Greek Week has served as a “crutch for cross council interaction,” the National Pan-Hellenic Council and the Multicultural Greek Council wrote in a letter. Carrie Snurr March 7, 2017
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declares opioid state of emergency Between January 2016 and September 2016, 1,468 Maryland residents died from overdoses. Carrie Snurr March 2, 2017
79 percent of international grad students say they are satisfied with their UMD experience International students make up 33.6 percent of the graduate student population. Carrie Snurr March 1, 2017