UMPD’s Community Police Academy puts students and staff in an officer’s shoes
The first class took place Wednesday night at University Police’s training facility.
UMD Socialists stand in solidarity with immigrants and marginalized groups in open forum
The group coordinated with D.C. Socialists to hold similar events.
A Sudanese doctoral student can’t return to UMD because of Trump’s travel ban
Some universities have warned students and faculty affected by the ban to avoid traveling outside of the United States.
Gov. Larry Hogan announced an initiative to address Maryland’s heroin and opioid epidemic
Heroin-related deaths in Maryland have tripled since 2010.
University of Maryland research on driverless cars could expand in 2018
One university lab is already developing mobile apps that could allow cars to communicate with one another.
UMD students helped middle and high school girls take a crack at coding
Students at this university worked with Girls Who Code, a non-profit designed to close the gender gap in technology.
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The proposal calls for defining gender as a scientific binary determined at birth.
A UMD student group for lesbians is struggling to gain official recognition
They were turned down from becoming an official organization within the Pride Alliance.
UMD installs dehumidifiers in four dorms in first stage of ‘moisture control plan’
The majority of the work is expected to be completed over the summer.