UMD SGA hosts first-ever mental health town hall to discuss expanding campus resources
This university’s ratio of mental health practitioners to undergraduate and graduate students is one to 1,712.
UMD met its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions more than 25 percent by 2015
Going forward, this university hopes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 50 percent by 2020.
UMD grad students can’t bargain salaries. This town hall looked for a solution.
Collective bargaining rights could also help graduate assistants negotiate family leave, intellectual property rights and other issues.
Why the McKeldin Mall orange fences are still up, even though construction is complete
Tired of those orange fences? They aren’t going away any time soon.
Some University of Maryland professors canceled classes and moved exams after the election
One professor noted it had been “a particularly tumultuous and disruptive week for many.”
University of Maryland students are working to save a Palestinian village from demolition
J Street U has joined a coalition to keep a Palestinian village in the West Bank from being destroyed.
UMD community speaks out against sexual assault and Donald Trump’s “victim-blaming culture”
Ralliers also marched to the Administration Building to call for improvements in sexual assault prevention efforts and funding.
UMD students who did the Disabilities in a Global Context internship share their stories
They gathered at Hornbake Library to hear students’ stories about working with people who have disabilities in countries such as Peru and Ghana.
As parking losses loom for UMD students, DOTS is incentivizing sustainable transportation
A “green vehicle” discount and carpooling discount are available, among others.
A UMD professor won a UN award for predicting cholera outbreaks months in advance
Professor Rita Colwell began her work on this project in 1960.