UMD students share child welfare, education policy priorities at advocacy event
Students met with state legislators to discuss policy initiatives centered on improving literacy, reducing chronic absenteeism and more.
A service-based track would combine the best aspects of the GVPT and public policy majors
The School of Public Policy needs a service-based major or concentration.
UMD community celebrates Thurgood Marshall at public policy building naming ceremony
University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay Perman said at the ceremony that it was important to acknowledge this university's segregationist past, which Marshall had a hand in eliminating.
UMD names public policy building after Thurgood Marshall
Marshall and a team of lawyers successfully sued the University of Maryland in an effort to desegregate the campus more than 70 years ago.
UMD launches study to analyze impacts of lowering voting age to 16
The Vote 16 Network will bring together students, researchers and outside organizations.
Unpaid internships exploit student labor. They should not be major requirements.
Exploitative student labor ignores the the hardships students already face.
Former Obama adviser discusses climate change and technology at UMD public policy talk
John Holdren said he thinks technological advancements are necessary for an energy crisis solution.
The homeless need a voice in politics. College Park has helped grant them one.
Homeless people have the hardest time voting — but need access the most.
Here’s what’s going on with UMD’s biggest campus construction projects
These are the projects you can expect to see — and hear — soon.
College Park expanded voting rights for the homeless, added new ballot question
The changes affect the upcoming November election.