UMD announces James Clapper as winter commencement speaker
The former national intelligence director will speak at Xfinity Center in December.
Construction on UMD’s new Hillel Center is delayed to summer 2021
The new building's doors are expected to open in 2022.
College Park staff recommend approving project plans for shopping center redevelopment
City staff gave the recommendation with conditions, such as including accommodations for a public sidewalk along Knox Road.
UMD business school employees were fired after signing unauthorized federal contracts
An investigation into the Smith School Foundation is ongoing.
College Park mayoral candidate continues to make homophobic remarks at debates
Lalzarliani Malsawma also ran during the 2017 election.
Sunny Day: A UMD researcher found the Indian version of Sesame Street helps kids
Professor Dina Borzekowski found that watching the show, called Galli Galli Sim Sim in India, helps kids reach higher levels of literacy, numeracy, health and socio-emotional development.
UMD researchers are using a $1.4 million grant to study how bilingualism benefits kids
Education college researchers received the $1.4 million dollar grant.
Latinx students applaud UMD signing onto DACA brief, but want to see localized support
This university and 164 others signed the brief for the Supreme Court.
There was a huge cube in the Iribe Center. Students could earn a job by solving it.
Students who answered "high value" computer science or engineering problems could earn guaranteed internships or jobs.