New club looks to unite Spanish-speaking community at UMD
The Spanish Club was formed by students in partnership with this university’s Spanish and Portuguese department.
UMD presentation shows the value of fictional languages
David Peterson and Jessie Sams, who created languages heard in a variety of films and shows, discussed the art of conlang.
College Park City Council considers boosting multilingual services
Text on the city website can be translated into more than 100 different languages through a Google widget.
How language instructors are creating a gender-inclusive Hebrew
The gendered language can cause issues for nonbinary and genderqueer speakers.
UMD shouldn’t have closed its Confucius Institute
Xenophobia shouldn't make us reject all the good that Confucius Institutes do.
UMD shuts down China-sponsored center amid controversy
It comes after Congress passed legislation that could endanger some funding to the school.
GSG backs state bill that would give graduate student workers collective bargaining rights
The bill is set to be proposed in the state legislature in January.
UMD researchers are using a $1.4 million grant to study how bilingualism benefits kids
Education college researchers received the $1.4 million dollar grant.
Here’s what UMD’s Confucius Institute is — and why it’s part of a federal investigation
There are dozens of Confucius Institutes across the country.