UMD announces $8.75M to support researchers amid federal funding uncertainty
The federal government has cancelled at least $30 million worth of grants at the university, The Diamondback reported in September.
UMD anime club hosts first anime, video game convention since 2018
The Terrapin Anime Society hosted the free, day-long Kamecon convention to celebrate Japanese animation culture.
UMD students host beaver dam cleanup behind Eppley Recreation Center
Students picked up 51 pounds of trash from behind the tennis courts next to Eppley Recreation Center.
‘Everyone loved him’: UMD student Chester Brandon remembered as kind, devoted friend
Brandon, a 20-year-old information systems major from Gaithersburg, was killed on Oct. 31 in a pedestrian collision.
UMD hasn’t established a compact against Trump despite University Senate vote
University president Darryll Pines said he has yet to receive any further communication on behalf of the university senate since senators voted in favor of the compact in April.
UMD students excited, uncertain as Purple Line prepares for on-campus testing in January
Five of the Purple Line’s 21 light-rail stations will be located on or near this campus. The line will also connect to the Metro’s red, green and orange lines.
UMD SGA to ask university to rename rooms titled after US defense, military companies
The University of Maryland SGA passed a resolution calling on this university to rename four rooms in the engineering school and one room in the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college
UMD students voice worry, call to action as Hurricane Melissa devastates communities
The Category 5 hurricane wreaked havoc across the Caribbean, making landfall in Jamaica before heading toward Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas and Bermuda.
UMD professor locks away student cellphones to increase focus, connection
Initially, students said they were taken aback that their devices would be locked up, but the professor believes that they have since adjusted positively.
UMD community members reflect on war, humanitarian crisis in Sudan
More than 40 students and university community members attended a roundtable Thursday about the civil war in Sudan.