Legislators must defend critical race theory against conservative backlash Fighting against critical race theory is fighting against the truth. Malcolm Ferguson May 12, 2021
UMD SGA President Dan Alpert touts diversity initiatives in State of the Campus address Alpert touted the SGA-backed revision of the diversity general education requirements Sofia Garay April 22, 2021
RHA passes resolutions to renew policing committee, support changes to gen-ed requirements The resident and policing committee has met five times this academic year. Christine Zhu April 21, 2021
Geoscience is one of the least diverse STEM fields. Three UMD faculty hope to change that. The faculty are creating the PEARLS program, which seeks to diversify the geoscience field. Christine Zhu March 28, 2021
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