UMD to start undergraduate classes online, delay in-person instruction for two weeks
The delay will allow the university to implement campuswide COVID-19 testing, Pines wrote.
USM Chancellor Jay Perman stands behind in-person start, but with an exit route
“[Students] need the campus environment as much as they need our courses.”
Here’s how new PG County rules on gatherings will be enforced in College Park
Gatherings are now restricted to 50 people maximum.
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.
USM institutions mandate COVID-19 testing for all planning to return to campus in-person
Those returning in-person to USM institutions will also have to start daily symptom monitoring and reporting 14 days before arriving on campus.
Trump administration announces it won’t accept new DACA recipients
There are approximately 120 University of Maryland students under the program.
Dozens gather at socially distanced UMD protest to hear demands of Black Terps Matter
The coalition is calling for more safe spaces for Black students on campus, among other demands.
15 UMD community members test positive for COVID-19 after free testing events on campus
The tests returned a 1.04 percent positivity rate, which is below the state’s average positivity rate of 3.8 percent, according to a campuswide email.
Sexual misconduct reports, complaints, investigations fell at UMD in 2018-19 school year
OCRSM released its annual report Wednesday, which shows the fewest investigations conducted since the office was founded in 2014.
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.