Companies can create custom DNA fragments. UMD researchers want to make sure they’re safe.
Researchers are creating a tool to screen orders of requested DNA strands and make sure the sequence isn’t harmful.
College Park City Council votes to eliminate some University View parking
This new agreement would eliminate 109 parking spaces.
College Park residents have mixed reactions to 6-vote provision violating state law
The six-vote requirement was what the council initially cited to explain why the charter amendment allowing noncitizens to vote did not pass in September.
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,
Police investigate CVS robbery
The police are investigating a suspected armed robbery that took place off-campus.
UMD professors discuss diversity and affirmative action on campus
Some spoke of the racial problems the university still has to solve, including the underrepresentation of black students in the student body.
College Park City Council says 6-vote requirement to amend city charter violates state law
Despite the council’s oversight, a proposal to allow non-U.S. citizens to vote in municipal elections still did not get enough votes to pass in September.
College Park City Council votes to approve purchasing a local swim club
The council will vote on an ordinance to approve the property for public use on Oct. 24.
UMD Police say Arabic phrase on caution sign is not a hate bias incident
The drawing was “implying to be cautious of people who say that,” Sarah Eshera, president of this university’s Muslim Alliance for Social Change, wrote in a tweet.
UMD’s Wye Oak Building receives Wintergreen award
This is the first University of Maryland building on the campus to receive this award.