UMD GSG passes resolution in support of accommodation fund for students with disabilities The resolution calls on this university to establish the fund to “ensure access and equity for graduate students with disabilities.” Oliver Mack October 28, 2024
The ADS process is hard enough. UMD requiring documentation only makes it worse. Requiring documentation for ADS requests complicates an already-difficult process Vrisha Sookraj April 3, 2023
We are not children. Professors must stop banning our laptops in class. Laptop bans undermine students’ ability to study in a way that works for them. Imaan Shikoh February 22, 2023
UMD’s paratransit policies are too unforgiving. They must improve. If stringent policies aim to ensure service for all, then paratransit must expand availability for everyone who relies on this service to get around. Vrisha Sookraj February 20, 2023
Disability on Campus: Life navigating accessibility and accommodations at UMD A special project exploring the challenges people with disabilities face at the University of Maryland. Diamondback Staff May 8, 2022
Emily Yang shares experience with limited accessibility for UMD students with disabilities What is it like to be a student at the University of Maryland with a disability? Emily Yang, a senior criminology and criminal justice and psychology major, shares her thoughts. Sage Levy December 16, 2021
Here’s how UMD housing and facilities will be affected in the coming weeks The university announced it would cancel classes for a week following spring break Tuesday. Angela Roberts March 11, 2020
Can I have a crumb of empathy, please? I am really tired of having to overshare about my mental health with professors. Manuela López Restrepo December 2, 2019
Over half of anti-vax Facebook ads are from two organizations, UMD researchers say The team found that pro-vaccine advertisements on Facebook came from a wider variety of sources than anti-vaccination. Eric Neugeboren December 2, 2019