“Just contagious”: UMD student Zac Garcia remembered as a loving, outgoing friend
Garcia died in a car crash in Pennsylvania Sept. 9.
Police are more likely to use force against black people. A UMD professor wants change.
Sociology professor Rashawn Ray detailed how police around the country are more likely to stop, search and use force against black men and women.
A USM doctor is working with a lab to test the potency of medical marijuana
The state of Maryland is expected to begin selling medical marijuana near summer 2017.
“It’s terrifying to go back there”: Students react to hate bias incidents in UMD dorms
University Police are investigating the incidents in Queen Anne’s and La Plata halls.
UMD professors, former Romney speechwriter weigh in on the 2016 election
In this election cycle, Mitt Romney’s former speechwriter Lindsay Hayes said she has found she has “a lot more in common” with Democrats.
UMD may have to pay $1.2 million more than expected to build College Park child care center
The delayed project is likely to be complete in late 2019.
Ben Jealous wants to make community college free for DACA recipients in Maryland
UMD’s undocumented student coordinator said the proposal has generated interest among DACA students.
On Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, UMD students torn between classes and religion
There are almost 6,000 Jewish students on the campus.
FBI arrested a Hyattsville man last week after months-long investigation into ISIS
The arrest came after the man expressed support for terror attacks on social media.
“Hogan Strong” for a year and a half, Maryland’s governor is now cancer free
The governor announced last week he was receiving his last chemotherapy treatment.