3 years after joining program to diversify faculty, UMD sees mixed progress
In 2021, this university joined Aspire Alliance, a national initiative that helps universities recruit and retain faculty from underrepresented backgrounds.
‘He helped to blaze a trail’: UMD community celebrates former chancellor John B. Slaughter
Slaughter, the University of Maryland’s first Black chancellor, died in California on Dec. 6.
UMD SGA offers positive outreach, gender-affirming resources to LGBTQ+ students
SGA members on the diversity, equity and inclusion committee wrote supportive letters, which LGBTQ+ students could pick up Friday.
UMD professor to co-lead project to diversify math departments at universities
Mathematics departments have a history of teaching only a narrow demographic, Scott Wolpert said.
New LGBTQ+ Equity Center director to focus on fostering community
Oliveira began the position this summer after the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion office conducted a yearlong search for a new director. The center’s former acting director, Shige Sakurai, resigned in 2022.
The courts didn’t kill Affirmative Action. A more nuanced approach will sustain it.
Don’t mourn affirmative action. Diversity in colleges will thrive without checkboxes.
UMD to offer new anti-Black racism minor in fall
In the minor, students can take classes to understand discriminatory policies in different settings and then challenge these policies in a capstone.
UMD SGA executive candidates emphasize student well-being, sustainability in debate
Both presidential candidates discussed how they would address diversity, equity and inclusion issues at this university.
UMD’s Computer Science Department must hire and enroll more women
Maryland will not have a top-tier Computer Science program until it adds more women.
UMD SGA talks diversity, equity and inclusion tactics for future meetings, daily life
The SGA also condemned the Department of Transportation's increase of mandatory shuttle-bus fees.