CARE to Stop Violence hosts Purple Light Night at UMD to raise domestic violence awareness
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
UMD students march in annual Slut Walk amid Title IX Office shakeup
The office has lost several staffers this year.
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.
Young people are waiting to get married — and divorce rates are dropping, UMD study says
From 2008 to 2016, the divorce rate fell 18 percent, according to the study's author.
More than 2,200 University of Maryland students vote in Stamp for 2016 election
The total was close to beating 2012’s record of 2,321 ballots cast in Stamp Student Union.
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.”
The pill remains the most popular form of birth control prescribed at UMD’s Health Center
The center began offering more effective methods more than a year ago.
UMD Critical Issues Poll finds both Democrats and Republicans want a change in politics
This is the first major poll conducted by the center. The program will conduct two major polls and four minor polls a year.
UMD’s president rarely meets with his permanent diversity commissions. But the groups want more support.
Instead, the commission chairs interact with other members of the administration.