UMD SGA Safety Walk highlights broken lighting, inaccessible crosswalks
The SGA will compile issues noted during the safety walk into an audit.
UMD professor’s research reveals molten rock layer above Mars’ core
The researchers used seismic data from NASA’s InSight mission to provide evidence of a molten layer around Mars’ liquid metal core.
New UMD Native and Indigenous employees hope to enrich student experiences
MICA is hosting a series of events for Native and Indigenous Heritage Month in November. This year’s theme is “Learn My Story.”
UMD concert promotes hope, unity after surge of violence in Israel and Palestine
The concert aimed to spread messages of unity and hope amid the recent violence in Israel and Palestine.
UMD researchers say deer could transmit COVID-19, other respiratory viruses to humans
The pair hope to understand the most common points of contact between deer and humans to mitigate future respiratory outbreaks.
UMD community honors loved ones with Day of the Dead altar
The altar will stay for a week to provide time to communally reflect on various memorializations, according to an email to the anthropology department.
Author of a Holocaust survivor’s memoir visits Jewish Studies center, discusses book
Dina Kraft headlined the Joseph and Rebecca Program and Center for Jewish Studies’ inaugural event in the center’s new library.
Hundreds protest UMD administration’s response to violence in Palestine
More than 300 people joined the protest and walk-out organized by this university’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine.
UMD community members author multiple letters in response to violence in Israel, Palestine
The letters called for a stronger response by university administration to the surge of violence in Israel and Palestine.
UMD adds nonbinary gender marker to Testudo site
The university has completed the multi-system overhaul needed for non-binary gender markers.