Tag: Northrop Grumman

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.

Oliver Mack
April 29, 2025

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

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