“It’s gonna be chaos”: UMD employees manage work and child care amid COVID-19
"You’re trying to manage all your own feelings and fears ... while also trying to keep their world and their lives and their experiences as normal as possible.”
Preventing Sexual Assault group petitions for revisions to UMD’s Title IX guidelines
PSA launched a petition and set of demands in late August.
UMD launches interdisciplinary research initiative to support new professors
The program is one of President Pines’ initial goals.
Guide: What you need to know about life at UMD in the age of coronavirus
To prepare for a semester like no other, here’s a reference for all things dorms, DOTS and dining.
UMD community protests new guidelines urging staff return to campus
The union that protects UMD workers blasted the guidance as "paternalistic" and "out of touch."
“A lifelong battle”: UMD students join March on Washington following summer of protests
Some were following in the footsteps of their grandparents, who participated in the 1963 march.
UMD announces temporary amendments to grading, attendance, final exam policies
The requirement that every undergraduate course has a final exam has been temporarily waived.
Police send out safety notice after four reports of fraud
UMPD received four reports of scams over the past two weeks.
Black Faculty and Staff Association presses Pines on unions, systemic racism
Some Black employees were dissatisfied after Pines spoke on racism in virtual body meeting.
Watch: President Pines’ full virtual conversation with UMD students
Watch the full recording of the town hall with President Pines.