UMD will no longer host winter commencement, effective next semester
Students who graduate in the winter will be invited back to the campus to attend the spring commencement ceremony.
SGA supports initiative that accelerates UMD’s decarbonization goal from 2050 to 2035
Part of the plan would renew the Combined Heat and Power Plant on Route 1 to make it more environmentally friendly.
UMD student affairs VP Patty Perillo, RHA discuss optional mask policy for fall 2022
Perillo said she hopes that the university is “a totally different place” with the pandemic in the fall.
UMPD chief asks College Park City Council for surveillance camera funding
Some council members voiced concerns that UMPD had not shown enough data to warrant live monitoring of surveillance cameras.
Maryland General Assembly passes bill expanding abortion care access
Republicans proposed several amendments to the bill, including one that would have provided mental health protections to Marylanders who receive an abortion.
Maryland lawmakers pass bill to ban ghost guns
The bill would ban the sale of ghost guns in the state beginning June 1 whereas possession would become illegal on March 1, 2023.
UMD to temporarily house Afghan refugees on campus
The resettlement collaboration marks the first time a public university will use its own campus facilities to resettle refugee families.
Protesters gather in DC to demand student debt cancellation
Activists called on President Joe Biden to sign an executive order cancelling over one trillion dollars of student loan debt nationwide.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signs redrawn congressional district map
Anne Arundel County Senior Judge Lynne Battaglia ruled on March 25 that the original map was an “extreme partisan gerrymander.”
Maryland lawmakers pass climate solutions bill
The bill sets the state on a path to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045.