Maryland voters pour into Ritchie and Stamp to cast ballots
Check back in on this election blog throughout the day for updated voting numbers.
100 UMD students gathered in solidarity with those protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline
The American Indian Student Union is tired of waiting for change.
Inaugural summit aims to address lack of women and minorities in computer science
The Maryland Center for Women in Computing held its Diversity in Computing Summit Monday.
DOTS launched an Uber-like app, except it’s free
All you need is the Transloc Rider app and a smartphone with WiFi.
UMD’s Graduate Student Government wants Columbus Day to be Indigenous People’s Day
For many, Columbus Day marks the start of centuries of violence against indigenous groups.
Undocumented students express frustration at inability to vote in 2016 election
“It’s a worthless type of feeling because I don’t have a say in something that is going to affect me, my career, and my education.”
Students worldwide competed to improve security software in a contest led by UMD
The challenge for the contest was to design a secure data management platform.
The 2016 presidential election is sending UMD students to the Counseling Center
More than half of U.S. adults said the election is causing them “significant” stress.
UMD student groups for Clinton, Trump and Johnson went head-to-head in a mock debate
A participant called the mock debate similar to the real ones: “facts were rare, and personal insults went wild.”
UMD DOTS is upgrading its Shuttle-UM technology in 2017 so riders never miss a stop again
The buses will also be able to track the locations where students are getting on and off.