SGA to fund about 40 percent of student group requests, as well as scholarship fund SGA will also back a Montgomery County Amazon HQ2. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD graduate students place in top 10 for COTE design competition The contest received around 400 entries. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
Group of UMD students gather for weekly meditation sessions About seven to 15 students gather on McKeldin Mall every Thursday for some much-needed relaxation. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD improves standings in annual RecycleMania tournament Officials attribute this year’s success to having an overarching theme for the tournament. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD professors create “super wood,” a material stronger than most steels It’s 11.5 times stronger than natural wood. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
College Park City Council supports a possible county-wide plastic bag tax The county hopes to pass a 5 cent tax on disposable plastic bags. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
Terps Against Hunger, Medfund win grand prizes at Do Good Challenge The two grand-prize winners snagged $5,000 each to support their organizations’ causes. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD alumni’s Javazen wins $80,000 from Cupid’s Cup to improve brand The founders behind the coffee and tea hybrid won $75,000 for first prize and $5,000 from the audience choice award. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD researchers found a gene that could increase strawberry production It’s a “big breakthrough,” said postdoctoral researcher Julie Caruana. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
Grad students say their voices weren’t heard in a quality of life survey The last time the graduate student population was surveyed was in 2010. DBK Admin December 31, 0999