UMD and Amazon announce new robotics diversity initiative
Amazon has invested $100,000 into the collaboration.
USM committee addresses controversial building names in new policy revisions
The changes will be held to a vote with the full Board of Regents.
UMD and Bowie State launch joint Social Justice Alliance to honor 1st Lt. Richard Collins
The initiative will include symposiums and a national conference.
Why doesn’t UMD’s government and politics department care about teaching race?
The government and politics department needs to do a better job teaching racial issues.
Racist and homophobic slurs delay College Park’s fourth town hall on race, policing
Panelists discussed the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement.
UMD’s Honors College entrenches inequality and privilege
Reform the Honors College to make education more accessible.
UMD must continue to address inequalities in mental health services
UMD should expand its mental health resources for marginalized communities.
Maryland General Assembly passes hate crime bill in honor of Richard Collins
The bill still requires Gov. Larry Hogan's signature.
A reckoning: Examining The Diamondback’s failures in covering race
Looking back on our history as the print edition ends.
With its only black tenured professor retiring, UMD’s public policy school faces pushback
The search is on for a new hire, and all candidates who have visited campus so far are white.