Candidate for Bias Incident Support Services head talks transparency, cultural humility Dr. Van Bailey currently serves as assistant dean and director of diversity and inclusion at George Mason University. Brent Abel December 11, 2020
Stop hiding UMD’s diversity failures behind convenient statistics UMD obfuscates the truth of its low minority enrollment. Jake Foley-Keene November 2, 2020
Hispanic freshman enrollment at UMD jumped to a four-year high this fall There was also a small increase in the number of Black or African American freshmen enrolled. Eric Neugeboren October 30, 2020
Affirmative action is under attack from the Trump administration. Colleges must fight back. Affirmative action is imperfect, but it's the best tool we have right now. Laura Phillips-Alvarez October 22, 2020
Money talks. UMD proved that with its new Amazon partnership. When will UMD stop prioritizing money over morals? Jake Foley-Keene October 19, 2020
UMD and Amazon announce new robotics diversity initiative Amazon has invested $100,000 into the collaboration. Jenn Attanasio October 12, 2020
Maryland football coach Mike Locksley forms minority coaching coalition The group seeks to diversify the collegiate and professional coaching ranks. Alexander Dacy August 7, 2020
UMD introduces first steps of its anti-racism plan The plan includes hosting a series of “Community Conversations.” Clara Longo de Freitas June 24, 2020
‘Never Have I Ever’ represents South Asians, but stereotypes Jews As a Jew and longtime admirer of Mindy Kaling, I felt misrepresented by her new Netflix show. Elana Morris May 12, 2020
For the first time in UMD SGA history, its legislature will be led by all students of color The body's legislature for this session is also one of the most diverse in recent years. Amanda Hernández May 8, 2020