Meet the candidates for the District 3 College Park City Council seat
The three candidates in the special election include a University of Maryland student.
UPDATED: ICE drops out of UMD spring career fair
Before Thursday’s change, the agency was listed as an employer at the fair on Feb. 27 and 28.
UMD experts say vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. poses significant public health risk
Vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary last Thursday.
Plant-based cookie shop MidnighTreats brings a sweet new option to College Park
The shop occupies the building on College Avenue which previously housed Insomnia Cookies and is the company’s first store in Maryland.
UMD will not implement proposed health center fee for 2026 academic year
Under the proposal, full-time students at this university would pay $136 and part-time students would pay $68 for the 2026 academic year.
Maryland Democrats push bills, legal action to combat Trump’s executive orders
In his first three weeks in office, Trump has signed more than 50 executive orders, including directives to downsize the government and expand immigration enforcement.
UMD SGA passes act demanding protections for undocumented, international students
The act demands this university implement measures such as creating clear protocols for responding to ICE-related incidents and refusing voluntary disclosure of student records.
UMD faculty, researchers criticize planned NIH research funding cuts
The research funding cuts came more than a week after Trump issued an executive order to pause federal spending on grants and loans.
$1 billion ‘Capital of Quantum’ initiative to establish UMD, Maryland as quantum hub
The initiative — a partnership between this university, the state and private and federal partners — will secure more than $1 billion in investments.
4 Prince George’s County Executive candidates debate budget deficit, immigration
Wednesday’s debate comes a week after the race’s first virtual debate and less than a month before the March 4 special primary election.