SGA backs no-excuse absentee voting and intern tax credit bills in Annapolis
The group is also supporting a bill to allow veterans at state universities priority class registration.
A petition calls for an end to plastic straws at the University of Maryland
Some 500 million straws are used and discarded in the United States every day.
A third of UMD’s buildings haven’t been renovated in over 40 years
Facilities Management lacks the funding needed to complete its scheduled maintenance.
One year after its creation, a UMD sustainability program is expanding to 13 dorms
The Green Terp program aims to get students to practice more sustainable habits.
After Parkland shooting, UMD threat assessment team urges students to report concerns
The team evaluates reports about potentially concerning, disruptive or threatening students.
A UMD student wrote a bill mandating education on organ donation
Maryland’s public schools are not mandated to provide organ donation education.
A new Maryland bill would allow students to buy textbooks tax-free twice a year
The new bill seeks to create tax holidays for the next academic year.
Chemotherapy for cancer could become more effective, thanks to a UMD researcher’s work
Researchers made particles that stop cancer cells from being resistant to drug treatments for days.
Prince George’s County Police are getting new implicit bias training
The training will run from March until November.