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Tag: air conditioning


UMD students voice concerns on AC outages during heating transition

Some students at this university faced air conditioning outages in late April. All residence halls with air conditioning are now functioning.
  • Nicole Pilsbury
  • May 9, 2025

UMD needs to harness innovation and use storm windows to protect students

If the university invested in storm windows, it could save students from the consequences of its own housing policies.
  • Sam Krakower
  • April 9, 2024

UMD employees push for alert system to include extreme heat warnings

In College Park, across June, July and August, there were 14 days where the maximum temperature was 90 degrees or above.
  • Sasha Allen
  • September 21, 2023

September heat wave leaves UMD students without AC uncomfortable

Resident Life offered alternative sleeping arrangements by setting up mattresses for students in communal areas with air conditioning.
  • Sumaya Abdel-Motagaly
  • September 21, 2023

Hot deal

Editorial cartoon.
  • Alyssa Ross
  • September 14, 2023

Climate change sentences incarcerated people to death. Air conditioning is the easy fix.

Heat on its own isn’t why people are dying — it’s the refusal to do anything to mitigate it that’s indefensible.
  • Rohin Mishra
  • July 18, 2023

UMD residential facilities department plans to renovate Ellicott Community

Facilities Management is also prepared to consult architects and engineers to finish a design to replace the South Hill Community’s underground infrastructure.
  • Natalie Weger
  • March 2, 2023

UMD reverses plan to remove air conditioning from Cumberland Hall

Air conditioning units will be installed in the dorm this summer.
  • Akshaj Gaur
  • November 1, 2022

All dorms should have air conditioning. We shouldn’t remove it from Cumberland Hall.

The university must finally prioritize the wishes of its students and make plans to install air conditioning in all on-campus dorm rooms.
  • Ravi Panguluri
  • April 18, 2022

UMD’s Cumberland Hall to lose its air conditioning starting summer 2023

The work will begin in the summer of 2023.
  • James Cirrone
  • April 10, 2022
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