K-pop, Kimchi and League of Legends: First-ever UMD festival celebrates Korean culture The festival saw an unexpectedly high turnout thanks in part to other student groups attending to show support. Freelance Reporter March 4, 2019
‘Can a hospital heal?’: UMD lecture explores architecture’s influence on health Patricia Gruits’ architecture collective helped design a hospital in Rwanda. Freelance Reporter March 4, 2019
A UMD business incubator is recruiting students with “entrepreneurial spirit” By their count, Startup Shell has helped over 300 students start businesses since 2012. Freelance Reporter February 28, 2019
UMD honors late journalist’s work for civil rights movement for Black History Month Anne Farris Rosen, an adjunct journalism professor at UMD, co-wrote a book with her father John Herbers on his coverage of the civil rights movement Freelance Reporter February 28, 2019
UMD tech lecture highlights use of VR in medicine and e-commerce “Being able to unlock the tech can provide exponential growth in so many areas." Freelance Reporter February 27, 2019
UMD highlights diversity of the African diaspora at Black Culture Expo “I thought I’d come out and support my fellow African brothers and sisters and just learn a little bit more about where I come from." Freelance Reporter February 25, 2019
UMD Black History Month tour honors Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall “I feel like we should really know what’s behind the makeup of our university.” Freelance Reporter February 22, 2019
UMD student reintroduces her bill to mandate organ donor education in public schools After failing in the Senate last year, the bill now includes a transition period of one year. Freelance Reporter February 22, 2019
UMD students honor victims of Kashmir terror attack with candlelight vigil, silent march “On Feb. 14, when the world was celebrating love, there was a terrorist attack in Kashmir spreading the seeds of hatred.” Freelance Reporter February 22, 2019
New UMD graduate housing could be coming to College Park The proposed housing development would be located near the Hillel Center. Freelance Reporter February 21, 2019