UMD’s Cumberland Hall to lose its air conditioning starting summer 2023
The work will begin in the summer of 2023.
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin talks legislative nonpartisanship at UMD event
Raskin's talk was a part of the 2022 Fishlinger Family Lecture and was held at the David C. Driskell Center.
Devon Milley to be The Diamondback’s next editor in chief
Milley will serve for the 2022-23 academic year.
Students, faculty reflect on changes to diversity general education requirements
Under the changes, the diversity general education categories will be renamed and some coursework will pay more explicit attention to racism.
Community members voice support for USenate excused mental health absences bill
The university's SGA president vetoed a piece of legislation supporting the SGA bill last month.
UMD research finds mental health help, parenting intervention abates generational trauma
Trauma intervention for children should be approached in a holistic way.
UMD will no longer host winter commencement, effective next semester
Students who graduate in the winter will be invited back to the campus to attend the spring commencement ceremony.
SGA supports initiative that accelerates UMD’s decarbonization goal from 2050 to 2035
Part of the plan would renew the Combined Heat and Power Plant on Route 1 to make it more environmentally friendly.
UMD student affairs VP Patty Perillo, RHA discuss optional mask policy for fall 2022
Perillo said she hopes that the university is “a totally different place” with the pandemic in the fall.
UMD to temporarily house Afghan refugees on campus
The resettlement collaboration marks the first time a public university will use its own campus facilities to resettle refugee families.