Farming expert highlights importance of ethnic crops at UMD lecture
Growing ethnic crops in the United States can create a market for small farmers to provide food to migrants, the speaker said.
UMD students hold vigil to honor Ryan Gainer, call for end to police brutality
About 30 attendees stood side-by-side and held candles while engaging in conversations about how to raise awareness about police brutality.
UMD fraternities reportedly engaged in hazing and physical abuse, court filings show
The alleged activities included chapter members being beaten with paddles, burned with cigarettes and torches and laying on nails, the documents said.
UMD lifts cease and desist order for 32 IFC, PHA chapters
Five Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association chapters will remain under university investigation.
Trans UMD students say they struggled to find gender-inclusive housing
Multiple students said the four-person minimum for gender-inclusive housing adds unnecessary barriers to housing for LGBTQ+ students.
UMD seminar discusses colonization, resource extraction in the Congo
The discussion touched on the impact of resource extraction from the region and dug into its colonial exploitation.
UMD community concerned about Purple Line construction’s environmental, health impacts
Dorms along Campus Drive at this university are set to close for part of the summer due to noise from nearby Purple Line work.
4 fraternity chapters petition for restraining order against UMD administrators
The plaintiffs are this university’s Theta Chi, Kappa Alpha Order, Alpha Sigma Phi and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity chapters along with other anonymous students.
FAFSA delays cause stress for current, prospective UMD students
The University of Maryland received some FAFSA records on Monday after months of delays due to a new application form.
UMD community frustrated about lack of communication on tree-cutting in Guilford Woods
The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission cut down 11 large trees and about 30 smaller trees starting Feb. 23 for a pipe repair.