PRWeek named a UMD senior its Student of the Year
PRWeek’s competition prompted students to create a campaign launching a spokesfigure for the Swedish furniture retailer IKEA.
UMD closes out Women’s History Month with Celebration of Women event
Seven female members of the university community received Women of Influence awards.
MaryPIRG is petitioning to expand small donor matching programs in Maryland
The group is discouraging campaign donations from large corporations.
UMD Police arrest 2 drivers, pull over 11 cars during sobriety checkpoint on Route 1
On average, University Police conducts two sobriety checkpoints each year.
UMD students are working with Dining Services to monitor and reduce food waste
Twelve students from the Environment, Technology and Economy Scholars program will measure food waste in the dining halls.
University of Maryland welcomes its second virtual reality faculty member
Zwicker will start teaching in the fall and is working with VisiSonics, a virtual reality startup company.
A UMD student wants to make the campus a home for refugees
Almost 50 universities have expressed interest in joining Every Campus a Refuge, which hosts refugees on college campuses.
UMD RHA Senate votes to reduce the role of attorneys in student trials
The RHA also voted on two other Code of Student Conduct-related proposals.
UMD MaryPIRG celebrates state’s permanent fracking ban after months of lobbying
Members gathered more than 1,000 student signatures against fracking over this semester.
UMD alums are bringing a tea-coffee hybrid drink to campus cafés
Javazen also sells its blends as coffee groups in stores such as Wegmans, Whole Foods and the Maryland Food Co-op.