UMD students debate going home or staying on the campus to quarantine
If a student contracts or is exposed to someone who has COVID-19, they have the option of quarantining at their permanent residence or in university isolation housing.
Stress, bad food and flooding: What it’s like to be a UMD student in quarantine housing
More than 100 students are currently in quarantine or isolation housing.
Feeling isolated, some UMD freshmen at home try to connect with campus community
"It doesn't feel like I'm even in college right now.”
To discourage social gatherings, College Park Council votes to increase fines to $1,000
The city's public services director says the pandemic has heightened the need for a greater penalty.
“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.
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.
Commons and Courtyards residents must be allowed to cancel their leases
OUR VIEW: UMD can't let its students be cornered into paying for on-campus apartments.
UMD students in Commons, Courtyards rush to re-lease apartments as fall semester nears
Some residents believe new rules for the fall should give them the right to terminate their leases.
UMD dorms, on-campus apartments release more information about fall housing
Students living in on-campus housing will participate in a COVID-19 training and awareness program.
It doesn’t matter if ‘defund the police’ is politically wise
Don’t ask whether ‘defund the police’ will hurt Democratic politicians.