University of Maryland announces its new chief diversity officer
Roger L. Worthington, a UMD professor, was named interim associate provost and chief diversity officer.
New UMD education dean Jennifer Rice is an experienced academic policy researcher
Jennifer Rice, the founding director of the college of education’s Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership and a Big Ten Academic Leadership fellow, will become the college’s dean in July.
UMD employee receives nation’s first gender-neutral driver’s license
The LGBT Equity Center associate director’s new driver’s license features a ‘X’ gender-neutral marker.
Two UMD music students will live and work in a retirement home this fall
Two music school graduate students will get free room and board at the retirement home in exchange for organizing concerts and lessons for its residents.
UMD Police are investigating plastic wrap resembling noose found near campus
Police were notified “out of concern for possible hate bias” and are reviewing nearby cameras.
“An extraordinary legacy”: University Police mourn death of former chief Kenneth Krouse
Krouse was the longest-serving chief of University Police, holding the position for 20 years.
The 41-year-old Maryland Co-op is in danger, and it’s started a fundraiser to stay afloat
The Co-op has raised more than half of its $7,500 goal.
Kevin Plank is stepping down as Under Armour’s president but will remain CEO
The University of Maryland alumnus founded Under Armour in 1996.
University of Maryland received two-thirds of patents granted to USM schools in 2016
The University System of Maryland was ranked 27th on a list of the most US patents granted among universities worldwide.
Two facilities management workers sue UMD, alleging racial discrimination
They are each seeking $1.5 million from this university, as well as an injunction preventing further discrimination from the department.