Year of the Tiger: UMD students share their Lunar New Year customs
This year with the holiday on Tuesday, is the Year of the Tiger. Children born in this year will be competitive, brave and strong, according to Chinese lore.
UMD to build the Agora, a community space for people of color in Greek life
The Agora is slated to open before the start of spring break.
JuJu Life app aims to ease leasing process for UMD Chinese international students
The student developers hope to expand the app's reach to major cities in the U.S.
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.
Hiding homelessness through hostile architecture only hurts the community
Hostile architecture should have no place in our cities.
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.
Text-based marketing software ‘Community’ misses the mark
It’s another rung added to the artist-to-fan parasocial ladder.
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.
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.
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.