UMD spent more than $136,000 on event security for Oct. 7, 2024
About 72 percent of the spending on security for Oct. 7, 2024, events went toward UMPD costs, records obtained by The Diamondback show.
UMD president disappointed in SGA’s timing of boycott, divestment and sanctions bill vote
Darryll Pines wrote in a memo that he was disappointed SGA held a vote for a boycott, divestment and sanctions resolution on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur.
Here’s what to know about the Terrapin Development Company
The University of Maryland and the University of Maryland College Park Foundation founded the Terrapin Development Company as a joint venture in 2017.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announces launch of Capital Quantum Benchmarking Hub at UMD
The announcement, made in this university’s Discovery District, comes after Moore launched the $1 billion “Capital of Quantum” initiative in January.
USM podría eliminar 400 empleos mientras el estado lucha con un déficit de $3 mil millones
El rector del sistema universitario Jay Perman se dirigió a los legisladores estatales en audiencias del comité sobre las repercusiones del corte propuesto.
Federal judge pauses UMD’s Oct. 7 event restrictions
The decision means this university’s Students for Justice in Palestine event will be able to hold a vigil on Oct. 7.
UMD president Darryll Pines denies plagiarism accusations
An article published Tuesday in The Daily Wire asserted Pines lifted portions of the papers from a website published in 1996.
Students for Justice in Palestine chapter sues UMD, USM for Oct. 7 event restrictions
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court of Maryland, said the defendants violated students’ First Amendment rights.
USM limits Oct. 7 campus demonstrations to university-sponsored events after backlash
The announcement comes after thousands of people contacted the University of Maryland about a reservation of McKeldin Mall for an Oct. 7 event.
UMD research laboratory receives Department of Defense contract worth up to $500 million
The laboratory, founded in 2018, is one of 15 Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Centers in the nation.