New UMD Senate chair takes office and committee members elected Thursday
...“The joke is you can be a faculty member for 20 years and only know where one building on campus is because you get so immersed in your department, so...
More than 400 people register for UMD’s second annual Disability Summit
A common theme prevailed during this university’s second annual Disability Summit: building a proud disabled community, Deputy Chief Diversity Officer Beth Douthirt Cohen said. “We need to do it today,”...
College Park Community Foundation increases grant awardees from six to nine
...and community building. Homer attributed this year’s success to the foundation’s community fundraisers and networking. “People are getting to know us; we’ve made a strategic effort to get in front...
UMD professor helps develop new map that could track nuclear activity
...to pin down what fundamental building blocks are used to make the Earth.” Glenn Jocher, Ultralytics founder and co-author of the study, said neutrinos and their antimatter counterpart, antineutrinos, are...
UMD unveils Cole Field House’s newly renovated practice fields
...the smile off his face when he first saw the facility. “This building is a game-changer for us,” Durkin said. “It is a game-changer for us with our team, with...
Maryland soccer’s Eryk Williamson has a new level of confidence after playing overseas
...useful knowledge he gained was on the defensive side. That experience is especially valuable for a team rebuilding its backline after a painful 5-4 upset loss ended its 2016 season....
Who’s who: College Park elections winners
...former College Park Estates Civic Association president and Advisory Planning Commission chairman. He said he wants to continue “building bridges” and added he prides himself on representing resident interests and...
Notes from the Landmark Festival: Listen to your city
...recognizable buildings in the world, it’s also a concrete piece of evidence that this city could make a cultural mark outside the halls of power. With time, the festival could...
UMPD is working with an SGA council to address police and student relations
Three members of the SGA Police Advisory Review Council met with University of Maryland Police for the first time this semester March 3 in the Pocomoke Building to make police...
Sen. Bernie Sanders will endorse Ben Jealous for Maryland governor Thursday
...Silver Spring Civic Building. Our Revolution Maryland chose to endorse Jealous after sending a questionnaire — which included questions on policy positions and qualifications — to candidates who had officially...