Why didn’t the NBA strike work?
...around racial injustice, economic inequality and community building, we got the league to use NBA arenas as voting centers and a return to the hollow jersey slogans and hashtags. Perhaps...
Bella Thorne’s OnlyFans backfired, fast
...million in a single day. Hours of photoshoots, promoting and building a following from scratch comes with starting a following on any platform. When Thorne made her account, she completely...
UMD is turning its back on workers by refusing to bargain with them
...demanding that anyone entering a university building be tested for COVID-19 and provide a negative result. Currently, testing and symptom checks aren’t consistently enforced, despite the university requiring students to...
“It’s gonna be chaos”: UMD employees manage work and child care amid COVID-19
...her children at a new day care center, she would be able to take a tour of the building and meet the teachers. But now, she has no idea what...
UMD launches interdisciplinary research initiative to support new professors
...building and communication. Kelly Hamby, a recently tenured professor in the entomology department, said that tenure can be “stressful” and even “miserable when you are in the trenches.” But it...
Guide: What you need to know about life at UMD in the age of coronavirus
...safety Health and safety posters now spot the walls of university buildings. (Julia Nikhinson/The Diamondback) The university’s “4Maryland” reopening plan provides information on the behaviors students, faculty and staff should...
UMD community protests new guidelines urging staff return to campus
...COVID-19. Heavily used buildings have been modified to streamline traffic flow. In Monday’s email, Pines pushed back against the idea that university actions have been motivated solely by profit, highlighting...
“A lifelong battle”: UMD students join March on Washington following summer of protests
...days. She just hopes Friday’s march will serve as a building block for change. “This isn’t a one day fight,” she said. “This is a lifelong battle, and it’s not...
UMD announces temporary amendments to grading, attendance, final exam policies
...to remind students of them at the start of class. The university plans to have student ambassadors staffing classroom buildings, ready to distribute masks to students if necessary, Rankin wrote....
UMD students and alumni fight for anti-racist curricula, culture in area high schools
...Silver Spring, citing Lee’s racist ideologies and legacy. The board’s renaming process outlines a commitment to naming buildings and schools after people and locations prominent in the Montgomery County community....