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.
UMD professors create “super wood,” a material stronger than most steels
It’s 11.5 times stronger than natural wood.
SGA confirms new members and announces new voting platform
SGA voting will now be held on the Stamp website instead of the Testudo website.
Grad students say academic and work conflicts keep them from getting involved at UMD
A quality of life survey measured graduate students’ campus involvement.