Classes in 5 UMD buildings continued despite weeklong air conditioning outage
Facilities Management identified a broken water line as the cause of the outage.
Uber announces a new initiative to promote rideshare safety for students
The initiative is part of a multi-year partnership with several campus safety organizations.
Maryland park police respond to reported shooting on Metzerott Road
A woman, who police say is not affiliated with the University of Maryland, was taken to a local hospital.
UMD announces Virginia Tech’s Patricia Perillo as new student affairs vice president
She will start in January.
“Really, really good”: More than 100 students gather for first Fall Food Truck Festival
The event was hosted by the business school and featured three food trucks.
UMD faculty and students say they’ve been getting sick from mold in Woods Hall for years
At least 15 faculty members and students in the anthropology department have reported health problems.
The federal government is investigating UMD’s reporting of foreign gifts
It requested records on the university's foreign gifts and contracts from recent years.
“Can’t be overlooked”: Study says college voter turnout doubled from 2014 to 2018
The average participation rate among eligible college students rose from 19 percent in 2014 to 40 percent in 2018.
College Park City Council reviews decades-long ban on pit bull terriers
County residents have been banned from owning the dogs since 1997.
Biden leads Maryland’s first Democratic poll months before April’s primary
Biden is trailed by Warren and Sanders in the state poll.