UMD celebrates College Park Academy’s opening in Riverdale Park
The charter school accepts students through a lottery system and provides college preparatory classes in a blended learning curriculum.
The name Byrd Stadium is no more, but other UMD buildings have discriminatory namesakes, too
Here are a few buildings named after people who had ties to slavery or racial discrimination.
UMD alumni create a pharmaceutical delivery app
Patients can upload paper prescriptions by taking a photo and transfer existing prescriptions from another pharmacy through the app.
UMD students call for required cultural competency training for staff, faculty
Some university offices and departments offer voluntary diversity and inclusion trainings or workshops.
The man Loh announced as UMD’s grad school dean won’t assume position
Interim Dean Jeffrey Franke will continue to lead the school in the meantime.
Terps Against Hunger partners with UMD religious groups to feed DC families
The group packed 15,000 meals during the event Tuesday night.
UMD’s Title IX officer has been reassigned to report to the school’s general counsel
SGA President AJ Pruitt called the reassignment a conflict of interest, and said in a statement that Title IX Officer Catherine Carroll called it a “demotion” in a conversation with him.
SHA synced Route 1 traffic lights, removed left turn signal at Knox Road and Route 1
The State Highway Administration also installed a new pedestrian signal at the Knox Road and Route 1 intersection.
SGA discusses election reform and student voter registration at first fall meeting
An election reform task force presented goals on increasing voter turnout and encouraging more competition for student government elections.