UMD wants to rescind Bill Cosby’s honorary degree
Cosby was awarded the degree in 1992.
SGA unanimously votes to support federal bill expanding open-source textbooks
The bill passed unanimously in a 29-0 vote.
UMD researchers will help create drones and surveillance tools after getting federal grant
The grant was awarded by a U.S. Defense Department agency.
Students express concern after Education Department stops posting sexual violence case results
The department is investigating three cases at UMD.
“We’re going to be the future”: UMD students take to DC in nationwide March for Our Lives
Organizers estimated about 800,000 protesters took part in the D.C. march.
Trump nominated a UMD finance professor for assistant secretary of the Treasury
Michael Faulkender previously taught at Washington University of St. Louis and Northwestern.
The new CDC director is a UMD School of Medicine professor
Robert Redfield has received praise and criticism for his work with HIV treatment.
Police arrest 4 UMD students in D.C. gun control protest
Eight people were charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding, police said.
A Maryland congressman wants to raise the age to purchase semiautomatic rifles
He aims to raise the purchasing age from 18 to 21.
U.S. bill aims to hold college presidents accountable for sexual misconduct investigations
Presidents would have to certify they didn’t interfere in any cases.