Proposal in University Senate seeks to change UMD’s mental health excused absence policy
Exact wording of any future policy changes would be decided by the Senate’s Academic Procedures & Standards Committee.
UMD Senate approves new doctorate of business administration
The program also needs approval from university President Darryll Pines, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents and the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
UMD Senate approves revisions to clarify campus Title IX guidelines
The policy and procedures now await approval from university President Darryll Pines.
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.
Black student leaders are pushing for change at UMD. Here are their 31 demands.
Explore the history, context and motivation behind each demand — and the steps administrators have taken to address them so far.
UMD’s diversity education requirements may be revamped soon
The changes aim to help students understand their own identities and systemic racism, among other issues.
UMD Senate approves new technology and bilingual skills certificate programs
Both programs will begin next academic year.
Pines talks social injustice, COVID-19 in State of the Campus address to UMD Senate
This was Pines' first official address to the Senate.
A criminal justice professor will take the helm of the UMD Senate in a time of uncertainty
Lanford officially stepped down at a virtual meeting Wednesday.
UMD Senate holds first virtual meeting after coronavirus-related delays
The body passed three pieces of legislation.