New Maryland area code 227 to become available as early as 2023
The plan will not impact Baltimore, which uses the 410 and 443 area codes.
New Jazz Jam brings together UMD students, professional musicians
The monthly event allows students and jazz enthusiasts the opportunity to improv alongside various professional musicians.
UMD SGA creates Greek Student Advisory Council
The new committee will work to address issues such as sexual misconduct prevention, and diversity and inclusion, and will also host a Greek life forum once a semester.
Empanada sale helps UMD Latinx community reflect on food and culture
One of the four main pillars of La Unidad Latina is culture, and food sales, such as that of empanadas or raspados, are one way the fraternity honors that.
Researchers teach UMD community about universities built on stolen tribal land
The webinar was centered around a project detailing sections of indigenous tribal land stolen by the United States government to fund land-grant universities, including this university.
Dan Cox appeals court decision allowing mail-in ballot counting before Election Day
The general election could take until December or early January to be certified if mail-in ballots are counted after Election Day.
College Park to begin new curbside food scrap collection program
The program will allow residents to collect unwanted food scraps each week and discard them on trash day.
College Park City Council opposes county bill that would loosen zoning standards
The county’s new zoning bill would impact Downtown College Park, portions of the Lakeland community and the area around the Adelphi Road-Purple Line Sector Plan.
UMD tracked more than 700 COVID-19 cases in first two weeks of school
The university did not publish COVID-19 case numbers, but has continued internally tracking self-reported cases.
‘Not hearing us’: UMD commuters say delays, overcrowding continue to plague #141 bus
Starting Monday, the Department of Transportation Services began providing an additional bus for the 10:05 a.m. departure time every Monday.