UMD’s undocumented student coordinator position to remain vacant in the fall
The coordinator's responsibilities will be distributed to other staff members.
UMD receives approval for $21 million in funding from CARES Act to cover pandemic losses
Half of the funding will be directed toward students considered eligible by the federal government.
As semester nears end, UMD is working on a plan for research to return to campus
A campus task force is providing recommendations on how research should return to campus.
This economic crisis shows that the American Dream isn’t attainable for young people
Hard work and playing by the rules might no longer be the key to success for Millennials and Gen Zers.
UMD is using its community garden to bolster its fight against food insecurity on campus
The garden plans to work with the Campus Pantry throughout the summer.
UMD, WaPo poll finds most Americans do not want to rush reopening nonessential businesses
Over half said they would feel uncomfortable going to restaurants, movie theaters and clothing stores.
What it’s like to defend a dissertation in the age of COVID-19
So far, 160 UMD students have defended their dissertations virtually.
UMD students, professors weigh in on what growing up during COVID-19 could mean for Gen Z
Generation Z, or people born after the mid-1990s, are at an extremely impressionable stage in their development.
Hogan vetoes 22 spending bills, citing concern over COVID-19 economic fallout
The governor also let about 300 bills go into law without his signature.
The government shouldn’t let independent medical practices go under
Smaller practices are in crisis. That could be a disaster for poor Americans.