Dr. Amitabh Varshney named interim research VP at UMD
Varshney succeeds Dr. Laurie Locascio, who was recently nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the director of NIST.
UMD launches initiative to integrate arts with science and technology
The Arts for All initiative will create new curriculum, including a new undergraduate program in immersive media and design.
UMD students launch messaging app as alternative to GroupMe
When students join Shellter, they’re added to group chats for each of their courses and can message their classmates.
Minecraft’s long-awaited Caves & Cliffs update is here. This is what students think.
The pixelated game resurged in popularity during the pandemic.
Offbeat Episode 9 goes behind the scenes of LGBTQ TikTok
Among the dances and viral challenges on TikTok, there’s a thriving queer community.
Daisy Grant to become The Diamondback’s next editor in chief
The psychology major will be the first non-journalism major to take the paper's helm since 2006.
Here’s what Darryll Pines could do to make me only write positive columns about him
He should prioritize getting more money from the state government, and making shared governance a reality.
“There is a place for you”: This UMD club seeks to build community for women in comp sci
Two students opened a campus chapter for the national organization, Girls Who Code.
Board of Regents OKs new major at UMD focused on virtual reality design
The major, called immersive media design, will combine computer science and art.
There was a huge cube in the Iribe Center. Students could earn a job by solving it.
Students who answered "high value" computer science or engineering problems could earn guaranteed internships or jobs.