Tag: Lockheed Martin - The Diamondback

USM should not cut ties with defense contractors to preserve research, student development

There is a difference between divestment, a request for the University System of Maryland Foundation to sell off business interests, and cutting research ties.

Autumn Perkey
September 18, 2024

Two major defense contractors gave UMD more than $46 million from 2010 to 2023

Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman gave more than $46 million to the University of Maryland from 2010 to November 2023 in donations and research funding.

Katharine Wilson
June 10, 2024

As long as UMD works with defense contractors, its climate commitment is nothing but a joke

UMD claims to be a green campus. Their active friendship with warmongers says otherwise.

Jake Foley-Keene
April 28, 2021

Money talks. UMD proved that with its new Amazon partnership.

When will UMD stop prioritizing money over morals?

Jake Foley-Keene
October 19, 2020

Steny Hoyer as commencement speaker perfectly captures UMD’s hypocrisy

Hoyer makes all too much sense as UMD's commencement speaker.

Serena Saunders
April 22, 2020

Darryll Pines could be an improvement over Loh, but there’s cause for concern

UMD has a new president, but it's not a major departure from the status quo.

Max Foley-Keene
February 14, 2020

Why are our commencement speakers so bad?

UMD would be better off with commencement speakers who aren't rich and powerful.

Max Foley-Keene
November 1, 2019

There was a huge cube in the Iribe Center. Students could earn a job by solving it.

Students who answered "high value" computer science or engineering problems could earn guaranteed internships or jobs.

Freelance Reporter
October 17, 2019

What I’ve learned from Game of Thrones: Don’t work for evil institutions

Game of Thrones characters are proof that we shouldn't work for immoral companies.

Olivia Delaplaine
May 6, 2019