UMD libraries are helping Eastern Middle School students with research projects
The students are using the archives for their projects for National History Day, a nonprofit based in College Park.
A $3.6 million grant is funding a UMD professor’s Alzheimer’s research
A kinesiology professor received the five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct trials on adults over 60 who face a greater risk of the disease.
UMD’s public policy school wins $3,500 for its Do Good Campus initiative
The public policy school won the inaugural Voinovich Public Innovation Challenge.
UMD SGA will fund MaryPIRG after initially denying its request
The SGA denied MaryPIRG’s request for funding earlier this semester.
Student groups are pushing for UMD to hire a full-time immigration lawyer
ProtectUMD plans to craft a proposal for the position and present it to the campus administration.
New cafe in UMD’s Severn Building will offer employees another dining option
Severn Cafe will open in the main lobby of the building in the next few weeks.
UMD officials say a campuswide ban of hate symbols would limit First Amendment rights
This university bans hate and intimidation symbols at athletic events.
UMD music school wants students to write new lyrics to the pro-Confederate state song
University President Wallace Loh said the lyric change could allow the marching band to reinstate the song into its lineup.
After Maryland gives Hyperloop project the go-ahead, UMD students weigh costs and benefits
The underground, high-speed transportation system could bring passengers from Washington, D.C., to New York in 29 minutes,
UMD RHA considers legislation to address hate-bias incidents on campus
One resolution seeks to affirm all hall council’s commitments to condemning hate crimes and hate-related incidents.