Tag: community

UMD Honors initiatives aim to support first-generation, underrepresented students

The first-generation and underrepresented minorities initiatives began as a way to celebrate the accomplishments of and provide resources to often-overlooked groups who have their own special strengths and challenges.

Freelance Reporter
October 20, 2021

Hiding homelessness through hostile architecture only hurts the community

Hostile architecture should have no place in our cities.

Zach Wandalowski
October 19, 2021

Amid change, community endures in UMD’s Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

The center changed its name from the Latin American Studies Center to the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center last academic year.

Christine Zhu
October 11, 2021

Text-based marketing software ‘Community’ misses the mark

It’s another rung added to the artist-to-fan parasocial ladder.

Daryl Perry
October 8, 2021

UMD Women in Physics provides community, mentorship

Women in Physics provides a space where students can meet a larger sample of students with similar experiences.

Freelance Reporter
September 22, 2021

UMD colleges, organizations celebrate Maryland Day’s virtual return

This year, the traditional spring football game was still held, and a variety of colleges and university departments created pre-recorded videos to highlight different aspects of the community.

Freelance Reporter
April 26, 2021

Hopeful but uncertain: UMD community members vaccinated for COVID-19 reflect on the future

“I’m not going to breathe easy yet. But, you know, I do feel more hopeful than I did before," said Celina Sargusingh, a clinic coordinator at the University Health Center.