UMD students protest defense contractors attending STEM career fair
Students stood outside the career fair held at The Hotel to protest against companies such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing and General Dynamics and hand out fliers.
UMD students express hope, fear after SGA divestment referendum passed
The referendum called on the Student Government Association to begin lobbying the University System of Maryland Foundation and the University of Maryland College Park Foundation to divest from certain military and defense companies.
Students protest UMD’s willingness to host ICE, defense contractors at spring career fair
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are no longer participating in the spring career fair.
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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.
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.
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.
Money talks. UMD proved that with its new Amazon partnership.
When will UMD stop prioritizing money over morals?
Steny Hoyer as commencement speaker perfectly captures UMD’s hypocrisy
Hoyer makes all too much sense as UMD's commencement speaker.
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.