Varsity residents face flooding, lack water due to leak The leak began on Wednesday afternoon, and led to flooding and water being shut off for some residents. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD student receives Fulbright award, will conduct research in Netherlands He will leave for the Netherlands in August to conduct Alzheimer’s disease research. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
Former UMD student gets no prison time in manslaughter sentencing He will get three years of probation instead. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD graduate students snag EPA Challenge win The design proposes putting rain gardens around Lot 11b to collect polluted stormwater runoff. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
FY 2017 Maryland state budget caps tuition increases at 2 percent The budget provides for a surplus of more than $400 million and a rainy day fund of more than $1 billion. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD professors create “super wood,” a material stronger than most steels It’s 11.5 times stronger than natural wood. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
SGA members say a Testudo stuffed animal helps “bring the organization closer” A different SGA member takes home Ralph each week. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
A UMD black history tour will launch online this month, but the SGA has plans for its own The SGA passed a bill allocating funds for its own campus black history tour. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
Police report off-campus robbery near UMD The incident was reported near the 8800 block of 36th Avenue. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
“People are really struggling”: grad student survey shows widespread financial insecurity More than 2,000 of this university’s 10,653 graduate students responded to the anonymous survey. DBK Admin December 31, 0999