UMD Beta Theta Pi members encourage community to join bone marrow registry
The fraternity held a bone marrow drive to support one member’s cross-country bike ride next summer to fight cancer.
University of Maryland students express concern with sexual harassment policy
One student suggested better lighting, more surveillance cameras and improved UMD Alerts.
A UMD student is creating a charity magazine in response to Donald Trump’s election
All proceeds will go to the ACLU.
“Protect this house”: UMD members stage walkout to support minorities after the election
The rally was described as neither anti-Donald Trump or pro-Hillary Clinton.
A UMD petition to protect undocumented students has more than 600 signatures
The petition requests that university administration issue a “strong” statement reinforcing their support for immigrant rights.
Three University of Maryland parking garages will have solar canopies by late 2017
The canopies will be functional by December of 2017.
“History is whitewashed”: UMD members join Wallace Loh at new African American museum
100 students and 20 faculty members accompanied Loh to the National Museum of African American History and Culture — a trip that encouraged conversations about race.
Bernie Sanders, Shailene Woodley and UMD students joined a Dakota Access pipeline rally
More than 20 University of Maryland students took part in the march to the White House on Tuesday.
The SGA wants to make UMD a sanctuary campus to protect undocumented students
Other universities nationwide such as Harvard University and Princeton University have done the same following Donald Trump’s election.
Newly Republican-led states are more likely to adopt voter ID laws, UMD study finds
“Those who come newly to power are more interested in trying to preserve power,” government and politics professor Michael Hanmer said.