‘Light of sunshine’: UMD student Samuel Castañeda remembered as cheerful, funny friend
Castañeda, who was a sophomore information science major at the University of Maryland, died May 9 at age 19 in a car accident.
Finalists for UMD diversity and inclusion assistant vice president role share priorities
The person selected for the position will report to Georgina Dodge, the university’s diversity and inclusion vice president.
UMD GSG elects executive board, approves budget for next year
University of Maryland government and politics doctoral student Autumn Perkey will serve as the GSG’s president for the next academic year.
UMPD investigating multiple hate bias incidents in La Plata Hall
These incidents are among several other anti-Black racism incidents that have recently been reported to the university’s diversity and inclusion office.
UMD students aim to inform community about AI through hacking competition
HackAPrompt challenges participants to outsmart large language models like ChatGPT by tricking the AIs into saying certain phrases.
UMD to offer new anti-Black racism minor in fall
In the minor, students can take classes to understand discriminatory policies in different settings and then challenge these policies in a capstone.
UMD community reflects on science, discovery and the universe scholars program’s 25-year run
The program saw declining resources and personnel after former program director Alan Peel announced in May 2022 that he was stepping down after 15 years of leadership.
UMD SGA members falsify dozens of petition signatures in election appeal review process
The Diamondback made contact this week with 51 of the students listed. Of those, 33 people said they did not sign the petition.
UMD engineering school helps implement new curriculum into Ghana schools
Engineering students also spoke in support of the program, particularly the potential for a study abroad program.
United Maryland’s Alexandra DeBus elected UMD SGA president after two-week results delay
DeBus, a junior biochemistry major, defeated Aspire Maryland’s presidential candidate Scott Cronin by five percentage points in a close race for the position.