UMD alumni honor student with rare heart condition by raising $18,000
Maggie Fritz organized a group of about 60 people to participate in the American Heart Association’s 2021 Greater Maryland Heart Walk on Oct. 16.
UMD alumna is first female to run youth mentorship, after-school programming foundation
Janaiha Bennett is an alumna of this university and the executive director of the Youth Leadership Foundation, in Washington, D.C., that provides mentoring to students in third to 12th grade who live in underrepresented communities.
Light-hearted horror: These five movies make for a not so spooky Halloween
This list is a dip into horror that’s weird, macabre but still relatively easy to watch.
UMD architecture alumni tour new College Park construction projects
The guided tour showed architect alumni both finished and ongoing projects that are part of College Park’s development scene.
Some UMD students report inconsistent contact tracing in dorms
Despite the HEAL Line contact tracing the UMD community, some students report inconsistencies when it comes to the dorms.
Purple Lights Night draws crowds to learn about domestic violence among college students
The event used activities to get students talking about healthy relationships and informing them of resources for support.
UMD school of public health hosts panel on nature and mental health
Research has shown that being out in nature lowers levels of depression, stress levels, anxiety, rumination and hypertension.
UMD Libraries holds panel on researching African American history in newspapers
226 people attended the meeting, which was held by the Historic Maryland Newspapers Project.
UMD students with long-haul COVID-19 symptoms struggle adjusting to in-person semester
With lasting symptoms, watching others return to pre-pandemic routines has summoned feelings of unease and isolation for students with long-haul COVID-19.
UMD’s own Hell in a Shell racehorse saddles up for the racetrack
Hell in a Shell, a four-year-old horse owned by University of Maryland alumna Christie Craven, has won three of her five total races, earning $60,437.