Meet the app that wants to connect you with strangers who share your interests ComYoot free on the iOS App Store and will be available for Android users before the end of the month. Kaanita Iyer October 12, 2017
UMD Facilities Management is removing pillars marking handicap-accessible entrances The department is instead encouraging people to use its campus web map. Noah Fortson October 10, 2017
UMD receives $500,000 grant to launch an augmented and virtual reality center The grant was awarded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration. Lindsey Feingold October 10, 2017
UMD and UMB’s new projects include research about opioid abuse and virtual reality The five new projects are part of the MPowering The State partnership. Rosie Kean October 9, 2017
After first grad dean pick fell through, UMD announces new interim choice Associate Provost for Academic Affairs Steve Fetter will be the graduate school’s new interim dean. Noah Fortson October 9, 2017
UMD researchers find genes that may lead to flesh-eating bacterial infection treatment More than 500,000 deaths occur each year across the world because of these life-threatening infections. Lindsey Feingold October 8, 2017
Jewish groups show support for a former UMD professor after her contract wasn’t renewed The campaign called on university President Wallace Loh to oversee an investigation determining whether anti-Semitism and/or anti-Israel bias affected the contract nonrenewal. Natalie Schwartz October 8, 2017
UMD Police say a derogatory phrase on a student’s whiteboard isn’t a hate bias incident The Department of Resident Life initially sent out a letter to the dorm’s residents calling the act a hate bias incident. Lila Bromberg October 8, 2017
New weekly Terp Farm tours teach UMD students about sustainability Participants were given a full tour of Terp Farm’s fields, greenhouses and barns. Jillian Atelsek October 8, 2017
UMD Police respond to reports of Title IX-related incidents, assault, trespassing This week in crime. Lila Bromberg October 8, 2017