City officials want College Park to host Amazon’s new headquarters
University of Maryland officials said the campus is ready to partner with the city, county and state to pitch College Park as a prime location for the new headquarters.
The Hotel at the University of Maryland opens Friday after two years of construction
The Hotel will have 297 guest rooms, 43,000 square feet of meeting space, four restaurants and a spa.
Police investigate incident on hiker-biker trail in College Park
A woman was walking along the hiker-biker trail when a man grabbed her from behind and forced her to the ground, according to a UMD Alert.
University of Maryland expels record number of students for sexual assault
From July 2014 through June 30, the university expelled three students for sexual assault.
After Charlottesville, UMD’s marching band will stop playing the pro-Confederate state song
The song, in which Abraham Lincoln is referred to as a “despot” and the North as “scum,” used to be featured in the band’s football pregame show.
Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank says he’s stepping down from Trump’s manufacturing council
Plank is the second CEO to resign from the council this week.
UMD’s new chief diversity officer was on his own search committee, but he didn’t pick himself
While Roger Worthington was on the search committee, the group selected three other candidates as finalists before university officials ultimately picked him.
New UMD education dean Jennifer Rice is an experienced academic policy researcher
Jennifer Rice, the founding director of the college of education’s Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership and a Big Ten Academic Leadership fellow, will become the college’s dean in July.
Non-citizens may soon be able to vote in College Park elections
The public hearing for the amendment has been scheduled for July 11.
SGA President A.J. Pruitt calls for more diversity training for some UMD student groups
Pruitt said in a statement that this university “failed to ensure the safety of too many of our students.”