“Your own little bomb shelter”: Some UMD students turn to local hotels for fall housing
Several College Park hotels are offering students discounted long-stay packages for the fall semester.
Over 100 UMD students hire legal team in fight to terminate on-campus apartment leases
"If it has to happen, then we’ll vigorously defend them in the courts.”
UMD to start undergraduate classes online, delay in-person instruction for two weeks
The delay will allow the university to implement campuswide COVID-19 testing, Pines wrote.
Seven players opt out of Maryland football’s season, including QB Josh Jackson
Jackson is one of four starters from last year's team to opt out.
USM Chancellor Jay Perman stands behind in-person start, but with an exit route
“[Students] need the campus environment as much as they need our courses.”
Here’s how new PG County rules on gatherings will be enforced in College Park
Gatherings are now restricted to 50 people maximum.
Maryland football will open its season at Iowa under revised Big Ten schedule
All other fall sports are postponed through at least Sept. 5.
As first month of rent looms, UMD students fight to terminate on-campus apartment leases
Students have reached out to lawyers, flooded social media feeds and organized email campaigns to raise awareness.
USM institutions mandate COVID-19 testing for all planning to return to campus in-person
Those returning in-person to USM institutions will also have to start daily symptom monitoring and reporting 14 days before arriving on campus.
UMD workers are essential. The campus community must fight for them.
UMD can’t keep treating its service and maintenance staff as disposable.