UMD SGA wants DOTS to improve transit data technology to ease trip planning
The request calls for DOTS to allow students to plan trips using real-time transit data for Shuttle-UM buses, similar to apps such as Google Maps.
UMD SGA and College Park City Council aim to bridge student-resident gap at Town Hall
About 45 students and faculty attended the event, along with the eight city council members and Mayor Patrick Wojahn.
Entire Unity Party ticket withdraws from SGA election following reports of rules violation
The Unity Party ticket failed to disclose campaign contributions.
A new registry has opened for Maryland patients seeking medical marijuana
The program is new accepting applications for patients to receive marijuana from state-licensed dispensaries.
Maryland Media Inc. names Mina Haq as The Diamondback’s next editor in chief
Haq is a junior journalism major and became involved at The Diamondback the fall of sophomore year.
College Park and UMD begin prep for new child care center following council approval
The council voted to approve the new facility on Calvert Road on March 28.
The College Park Metro will close for two weeks in April as part of SafeTrack construction
Officials also said the Purple Line is still on schedule to open in five years.
A UMD center signed a $64.8 million agreement with NASA to expand its Earth systems research
The Earth system takes into account geology, ecology, meteorology and oceanography.
Maryland bill would extend sick leave to 10,000 student workers in the university system
Both the Maryland House and Senate have passed versions of the bill, but they have significant differences.
MOM’s Organic Market will move to College Park’s former REI site
The Enclave apartment building is also getting its first retail tenant since opening in 2011.