UMD lecture: “Coordinated action” needed to address water scarcity, climate change
“The more we wait, the more that it costs."
“Home away from home”: UMD’s Latinx studies center celebrates 30th anniversary
“I can’t imagine what my college experience would have been like without the center.”
UMD Dining Services responds to student feedback with revamped menu
The menu includes more nutritional and ingredient information.
UMD iSchool lecture explores lack of internet access in marginalized areas
About 8 percent of the American public doesn’t have access to broadband internet at home.
UMD honors Lebanese-American authors at literature seminar
The seminar, “Adab-Al Mahjar" — Arabic for “the literature of those who migrated/immigrated" — was hosted by the Khalil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace.
Trailblazing former congressman visits UMD to discuss sexuality, Wall Street reform, Trump
Former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), one of the first openly gay U.S. representatives, served in Congress from 1981 to 2013.
Philanthropist offers guidance for women entrepreneurs at UMD talk
“Being bold and taking risks even if you think your idea is really simple was really nice to hear."
UMD students jump “fire” to celebrate Iranian New Year
The ceremony has been done for thousands of years in the Middle Eastern country and aligns with the spring equinox, on March 20 this year.
“No action, no future”: UMD students join worldwide climate strike in D.C.
Students across the world skipped school on Friday to demand action on climate change.
‘When I see them, I see us’: Activist links Black Lives Matter and Palestinians
“The tear gas that was used in Ferguson is also the tear gas that’s used in the occupied territories of Palestine.”