UMD students and faculty are coming together to help Hurricane Harvey victims
A manager from the Do Good Institute and CIVICUS students have organized fundraisers and a supply drive.
Betsy DeVos announces she plans to make changes to Title IX
The education secretary said Thursday she intends to revoke the Obama administration’s guidelines for Title IX.
Martin O’Malley “just might” run for president in 2020
The former Maryland governor is currently a lecturer at the University of Maryland.
UMD students and administrators condemn Trump’s choice to end DACA
Ten thousand DACA recipients work or go to school in Maryland, and as of fall 2016, 113 students attended this university under DACA.
Charlottesville violence spurs UMD student groups to push for diversity initiatives
Student Government Association President A.J. Pruitt said he wants to propose initiatives including cultural competency training for all student group leaders.
Maryland removes statue honoring Roger B. Taney from State House grounds overnight
Another statue of Taney in Baltimore was removed just days earlier.
All four of Baltimore’s Confederate monuments were removed overnight
The statues’ removal comes just days after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left one woman dead and several injured.
Five years after the DACA program was born, UMD students join DC protest to defend it
Twenty-seven people, including Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous, were arrested Tuesday afternoon in front of the White House at a rally in support of DACA.
UMD students join DC protest to condemn white supremacists in Charlottesville
Students joined hundreds of demonstrators Monday to condemn white supremacists in response to a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday.
Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank says he’s stepping down from Trump’s manufacturing council
Plank is the second CEO to resign from the council this week.