REPORT: USM reaches all-time high graduation rates, looks to close achievement gap
Despite record statistics, system officials say there’s still more work to be done.
UMD students gather to read, critique poetry written by incarcerated youth
The university student group collaborated with Free Minds Book Club, a D.C.-based nonprofit literacy organization that assists juveniles in D.C.
Resident Life event seeks to draw students to Leonardtown
The department wants more second- and third-year students to live in the Leonardtown Community.
UMD students voice concerns over new Dining Services plan at RHA town hall
Dining Services will give 80 dining dollars — the equivalent to Terp Bucks — to current students with a meal plan next semester to “acknowledge the inconvenience” of the change.
Author Kevin Powell urges UMD students to be activists in their communities
Powell encourages students to learn about the history of racism in America.
Resident Life explores housing option for substance-free UMD students
Eighteen percent of current University of Maryland students living in dorms expressed interest in living in substance-free housing.
Amended version of Strategic Partnership Act moves through Maryland Senate committee
Legislators removed a clause that would have allowed for the combined institution to have one president in the future.
UMD and City of College Park officials show excitement for Purple Line
The iconic “M” circle will move as a result of the Purple Line running through the University of Maryland campus.
College Park City Council opposes Arts District designation application
Members agreed that the main focus should be on “expanding and supporting arts and entertainment activities” without physical district expansion.
Student Archivists at Maryland symposium sparks social justice conversation
The symposium, called Americana 2016: Archival Activism and Social Justice, drew a crowd of about 40 students and alumni to McKeldin Library on Monday night.