UMD health equity center to be part of White House COVID-19 vaccine initiative
The Black Coalition Against COVID and SheaMoisture are also collaborating on the project.
Undocumented, international students will be eligible for federal emergency pandemic aid
The measure reverses the Trump administration's policy.
‘A feeling of helplessness’: As COVID-19 ravages India, UMD students worry for loved ones
With few vaccines, India has suffered 200,000 deaths and counting due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After Derek Chauvin’s conviction, community members talk police reform versus abolition
“We have to totally deconstruct what we see right now in terms of American policing."
As mass shootings rise, UMD community members fight for stricter gun laws
There have been more than 100 mass shootings in the U.S. this year.
National Panhellenic Conference opts out of holding a vote on allowing nonbinary members
Some Panhellenic Association chapters at this university allow nonbinary students to join.
Miles from Ethiopia, UMD community members worry for their families amid Tigray crisis
"If my parents hadn’t fled Tigray because of the last war, I could have been there right now."
With March Madness afoot, Maryland delegate calls for national student-athlete protections
Del. Brooke Lierman called on federal lawmakers need to enact national standards to protect student-athletes.
UMD projected to receive about $58 million from recent COVID-19 relief bill
The $1.9 trillion bill is the third economic relief bill passed since the beginning of the pandemic to fund education.
Former UMD professor joins Biden administration for infrastructure-security role
David Mussington was appointed executive assistant director for infrastructure security within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.