UMD employees union lobbies in support of telework, collective bargaining bills
Telework fairness legislation currently proposed in the MGA would require state and education employers to offer a hybrid telework option to employees.
Key takeaways from UMD’s salaries report
Among the most notable salaries is former men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon and university President Darryll Pines.
Here’s what it’s like to work at some on-campus jobs at UMD
Pay for 2022 hourly wage jobs for undergraduate students at the University of Maryland ranges from $12.50 per hour to $25 an hour, according to records acquired by The Diamondback.
UMD community gathers to dedicate Agora house for multicultural Greek organizations
The house is the first one dedicated to multicultural Greek organizations at this university.
Proposed Maryland bill would create task force to address nonconsensual sexual imagery
Fifty-two percent of women between the ages 18 and 34 reported receiving an unsolicited explicit image, according to a 2017 Pew Research Center survey about online harassment.
UMD SGA’s executive board is all women for the first time in at least 15 years
Ayelette Halbfinger, the SGA's president, said she wants to use the team's new dynamic to accomplish more as an organization.
UMD alum Tyler Denk on Forbes 30 Under 30 for $20M-valued newsletter platform
Tyler Denk co-founded beehiiv in 2021, an all-in-one platform for creating newsletters. He’s served clients like The Boston Globe, Overtime and Exec Sum.
UMD GSG calls for review of leave of absence policy
The GSG also passed a resolution that calls on the university’s administration to phase out the athletics fee for graduate students.
UMD faculty, graduate students testify on state collective bargaining bill
This bill differs from similar legislation proposed in the past because it extends unionization rights to faculty on the tenure-track, non-tenure track and part-time.
UMD names public policy building after Thurgood Marshall
Marshall and a team of lawyers successfully sued the University of Maryland in an effort to desegregate the campus more than 70 years ago.