College Park City Council votes to lower tax rate for homeowners
The council unanimously voted to adopt the ordinance.
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity aids in snow cleanup, other city service
More than a dozen Phi Psi Friends helped remove snow across the city.
Record-breaking snowstorm calls for hefty snow removal efforts
University employees have been working around the clock since Friday to clear the campus after Winter Storm Jonas.
Michael Brown’s death sparks Twitter archiving project
The university’s Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities will work on a Web application to sort through and amass tweets for scholarly use.
UMD President Loh announces further plans to cut campus carbon emissions
The plan will aim for the campus to achieve its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.
After the killing of Richard Collins, UMD SGA begins planning diversity monument
The university is planning its own separate memorial for 2nd Lt. Richard Collins, the black Bowie State University student killed on the campus in May.
Byrd Stadium will change its name to Maryland Stadium
The vote took place Friday morning to approve the new name.
PG Police name victim and charge suspect with murder in College Park homicide
Davie Serpas, 21, of College Park has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in the incident.
Construction of two new dorms will delay Ellicott Hall renovations
Ellicott Hall’s renovations have been pushed back until at least 2020.
US Rep. Anthony Brown pushes to remove Robert E. Lee statue in Antietam
The Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act would require a plan for the statue’s removal within 90 days of the legislation’s enactment.