“Such a good place to make noise”: UMD students react to Kavanaugh hearings
A UMD student said she was arrested protesting Kavanaugh’s nomination.
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.
A Maryland federal judge halts Trump’s transgender military ban
Trump announced his proposal in July via a series of tweets.
Michael Brown’s death sparks Twitter archiving project
The university’s Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities will work on a Web application to sort through and amass tweets for scholarly use.
President Loh speaks out against “supremacist ideology” of Charlottesville protesters
Loh affirmed his commitment to the “values of diversity, inclusion, and mutual respect” after violence erupted at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville Virginia Saturday.
Maryland Democrats want state funding for Planned Parenthood if Trump cuts federal aid
The bill proposes $2.7 million allocated toward the organization.
A UMD student was detained in Dulles Airport because of Trump’s immigration ban
Aida Mohammadi, who has a green card, was returning from visiting relatives in Turkey.
Before he became the first man to orbit Earth, John Glenn was a UMD student
Glenn attended the University of Maryland from 1956 to 1959.
Instead of solidarity, celebration: DC protestors respond to DAPL halt
The Army Corps of Engineers blocked construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline Monday after months of demonstrations protesting the project.