UMD students honor victims of Kashmir terror attack with candlelight vigil, silent march
“On Feb. 14, when the world was celebrating love, there was a terrorist attack in Kashmir spreading the seeds of hatred.”
A UMD group went to Liberia over spring break to train locals in agricultural practices
They “worked from sunup to almost midnight every day.”
Several SGA legislators and UMD students are disappointed BDS bill did not go to debate
The bill in favor of BDS died before legislative debate.
UMD commencement speaker apologizes after critics say she misrepresented China
Her eight-minute address has gone viral in China, receiving hundreds of thousands of critical comments online.
One UMD professor asked foreigners to help U.S. scientists stuck abroad. 1,000 answered.
Within five days, about 1,000 people from around the world had reached out to help.
A Sudanese doctoral student can’t return to UMD because of Trump’s travel ban
Some universities have warned students and faculty affected by the ban to avoid traveling outside of the United States.
A UMD vice president is returning to Ireland to lead his alma mater
He will be the university’s 15th president.
UMD alumni speak out against the death of their relative, Honduran activist Berta Cáceres
Cáceres was killed in her home in La Esperanza on March 3 in what many believe was a political assassination.
UMD student safe after Brussels attacks
The one student studying in Brussels and others studying in Europe have been accounted for.
One UMD professor asked foreigners to help U.S. scientists stuck abroad. 1,000 answered.
Within five days, about 1,000 people from around the world had reached out to help.