UMD SGA annual omnibus meeting creates two new committees, alters executive branch
This year’s changes are aimed to increase efficiency and improve internal communication within the SGA.
A UMD student wrote a bill mandating education on organ donation
Maryland’s public schools are not mandated to provide organ donation education.
Wallace Loh got to meet Wayne Gretzky, his go-to source for leadership quotes
“Skate to where the puck is going,” Gretzky (and Loh) advise, “not where it has been.”
UMD Senate approves public policy major, moves three bills to Loh
The new major would be the first of its kind in the Washington metropolitan region.
Two UMD professors receive USM faculty awards
Computer science professor Ramani Duraiswami and mechanical engineering professor Jungho Kim were given the Board of Regents’ highest honor for faculty members.
Terps for Trump, Terps for Bernie butt heads in debate
The two groups debated candidates’ policies, and almost 300 people attended.
Grad students say their voices weren’t heard in a quality of life survey
The last time the graduate student population was surveyed was in 2010.
U.S. Senate candidate Chrys Kefalas speaks to Terps for Israel on political engagement
Terps for Israel brought him to the campus primarily to speak about U.S. relations with Israel.
This year’s Bitcamp sees more female participants, many virtual reality projects
UMD’s third annual 36-hour hackathon hosted 1,100 students from across the country.
UMD women’s studies professor wins 2016 Emily Toth Award
LaMonda Horton-Stallings won for her book, Funk the Erotic: Transaesthetics and Black Sexual Cultures.