A social data science major is coming to UMD in fall 2022
The major will prepare students to create products such as datasets and models about human activity and behavior.
Geoscience is one of the least diverse STEM fields. Three UMD faculty hope to change that.
The faculty are creating the PEARLS program, which seeks to diversify the geoscience field.
UMD to begin efforts with Aspire Alliance to diversify STEM faculty
UMD will begin its participation in the initiative to better recruit and retain diverse STEM faculty members.
Technica channels inclusivity in virtual hackathon for women and non-binary students
The virtual event attracted students from six continents.
UMD and Amazon announce new robotics diversity initiative
Amazon has invested $100,000 into the collaboration.
Female doctors and patients both suffer from STEM’s gender inequality problem
Discrimination and harassment of female doctors has trickle-down effects for patients.
Solving UMD’s fundamental problems will always come back to public funding
The pandemic will likely bring funding cuts to UMD — we need the opposite.
Business and STEM dominate UMD. Is it for the best?
Academia has let its obsession with STEM and business go too far, and UMD is no exception.
UMD’s science-related art is a positive interaction between STEM and humanities
Art at UMD shows that science doesn't have to be inaccessible.
“An open door policy”: How Darryll Pines plans to rebuild trust as UMD’s next president
Pines is set to take over as president in July.