UMD University Senate approves updated Strategic Plan
The strategic plan would introduce new majors, increase graduate fellowship funding and emphasize recruiting minority faculty.
Plans for new apartments near the College Park Metro progress after WMATA signs on
The complex will also include retail space.
Maryland Sen. Madaleno calls for investment in USM to lure Amazon to Montgomery County
Montgomery County is among the 20 finalists for housing Amazon’s second headquarters.
UMD students in SAE chapter shave their heads for fraternity member fighting cancer
The fraternity now has 14 bald heads instead of one.
University Police respond to vandalism, hazardous spill, other incidents
This week in crime.
Potential Greenbelt FBI headquarters site sees significant increase in parking requirements
A new request is requiring more than 2,000 additional parking spaces if the Greenbelt site is chosen.
There have been 27 hate bias incidents reported at UMD this semester
Data on past university hate bias investigations will likely be released next week, a spokeswoman said.
College Park City Council raises concerns on draft of county zoning ordinance
The council unanimously voted to send comments on the draft to the project’s coordinator.
“The sunshine on a rainy day”: Friends and family remember UMD student James DeLeonardis
DeLeonardis died on Nov. 26. He was 19.
Trial delayed 6 months for former UMD student charged in Richard Collins’ murder
Sean Urbanski’s trial was originally scheduled for Jan. 16.