UMD continues partnership with Special Olympics for intramural sports program
The Unified Sports program pairs students and their peers with disabilities to compete together on intramural sports teams.
Acclaimed Russian author discusses literary career, war in Ukraine at UMD event
Maxim Osipov, this year’s Maya Brin Resident, left Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
UMD students, community members discuss connection between art and democracy
Andrew Zitcer, one of the speakers, said the event allowed students to see that change can be made through art and that there is no limit as to how an impact can be made.
SEE haunted house returns for a night of makeshift terror
SEE hosts a spooky haunted house for the UMD community in the Stamp Student Union Grand Ballroom.
UMD engineering students develop hands-on kits for young learners
University of Maryland engineering students in an entrepreneurial design realization course are developing “get out and learn,” or GOAL kits.
UMD students discuss environmental regulations ahead of 2024 election
Many students highlighted how environmental regulations are often overshadowed by other political issues at Wednesday's event.
UMD students raise money to fund school restorations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Event attendees danced to traditional Tigrayan music and wore cultural attire such as the Habesha kemis, a traditional Ethiopian dress.
UMD community honors National Mental Health Awareness Week with series of events
The eighth annual Self-Care Fair on McKeldin Mall headlined the weeklong activities on Thursday.
UMD Libraries launches new initiative to promote civic engagement, democracy
The initiative aims to advance civic education and engagement through library programming and events.
UMD community members promote Guilford Woods preservation in forest walk
By Seann McCombie For The Diamondback Several University of Maryland graduate students, faculty and volunteers addressed issues about Guilford Woods, an off-campus woodland, during a…