As first month of rent looms, UMD students fight to terminate on-campus apartment leases Students have reached out to lawyers, flooded social media feeds and organized email campaigns to raise awareness. Angela Roberts July 31, 2020
USM institutions mandate COVID-19 testing for all planning to return to campus in-person Those returning in-person to USM institutions will also have to start daily symptom monitoring and reporting 14 days before arriving on campus. Angela Roberts July 30, 2020
Trump administration announces it won’t accept new DACA recipients There are approximately 120 University of Maryland students under the program. Amanda Hernández July 29, 2020
UMD shouldn’t reopen for the fall semester OUR VIEW: Reopening campus unnecessarily puts lives in danger. Diamondback Editorial Board July 28, 2020
UMD director of Bias Incident Support Services to leave position Friday Neijma Celestine-Donnor will be starting a new job at the University of Maryland, Baltimore next month. Angela Roberts July 27, 2020
UMD workers are essential. The campus community must fight for them. UMD can’t keep treating its service and maintenance staff as disposable. Allison Cochrane July 27, 2020
“There’s hope”: How a DACA recipient journeyed to UMD — and is fighting for a better life Brandon traveled to the U.S. from El Salvador with a coyote when he was 9 years old. Amanda Hernández July 24, 2020
UMD students in dorms might not have roommates this fall, Pines says in radio interview Pines fielded questions from students and parents during his Thursday interview on The Kojo Nnamdi Show. Rina Torchinsky July 24, 2020
15 UMD community members test positive for COVID-19 after free testing events on campus The tests returned a 1.04 percent positivity rate, which is below the state’s average positivity rate of 3.8 percent, according to a campuswide email. Amanda Hernández July 22, 2020
Commons and Courtyards residents must be allowed to cancel their leases OUR VIEW: UMD can't let its students be cornered into paying for on-campus apartments. Diamondback Editorial Board July 22, 2020