USM braces for $500 million COVID-19 budget cut, potential layoffs
The system acknowledged that “nearly every source” of its revenue will fall in the coming year.
We need to center the school reopening argument on faculty and staff, not students
Faculty and staff lives are more important than students’ convenience.
UMD community protests new guidelines urging staff return to campus
The union that protects UMD workers blasted the guidance as "paternalistic" and "out of touch."
UMD workers are essential. The campus community must fight for them.
UMD can’t keep treating its service and maintenance staff as disposable.
Nyumburu, Black faculty host town hall to discuss racism at UMD and police brutality
Tuesday's town hall was meant to foster a “cathartic and therapeutic medium.”
UMD to offer leave Monday to employees who wish to take time to mourn George Floyd
George Floyd was remembered Thursday at a Minneapolis memorial service.
UMD orders hiring freeze to offset losses from coronavirus closures
The school will lose millions as a result of pandemic.
How can UMD ensure that its coronavirus response is fair to students and employees?
There are steps UMD will need to take to ensure an equitable response to coronavirus.
Here’s what Darryll Pines could do to make me only write positive columns about him
He should prioritize getting more money from the state government, and making shared governance a reality.
At emotional forum, black students and staff criticize UMD’s diversity and inclusion VP
The vice president has made changes to the Nyumburu Cultural Center, a hub of black student life.