Starting fall 2019, the University of Maryland will offer a new minor in African studies under the Department of African American Studies. The creation of a minor dedicated entirely to African studies would make it the first academic program of its kind at the university.
Read MoreFor associate women’s studies professor Michelle Rowley, students attend university to take advantage of the opportunity to think critically and read widely, and with the Black women’s studies minor, students at University of Maryland can do this.
Read MoreThe University of Maryland Department of Transportation Services is taking a stand for students with an invisible disability.
Read MoreThe Ethiopian & Eritrean Student Association held a tribute Thursday evening for the late Grammy-nominated artist and entrepreneur, Nipsey Hussle, at its general body meeting.
Read MoreAshanti Carmon, 27, of Alexandria, was fatally shot on the morning of March 30, according to Prince George’s County Police Department.
Read MoreMembers of the embraceRace@UMD Steering Committee on Tuesday discussed their experiences trying to confront racial inequality at the University of Maryland.
Read MoreStudents Ending Slavery and Oxfam UMD hosted the annual 5K for Freedom on April 5 to raise money for human trafficking survivors.
Read MoreThe University of Maryland announced Monday that Dr. Georgina Dodge will join the university as its new vice president of diversity and inclusion.
Read MoreThe University of Maryland Muslim Student Association hosted its 50th annual fundraising gala on Sunday, March 3.
Read MoreLifetime aired “Surviving R. Kelly” in early January, a six-part series detailing Kelly’s childhood, ascension to fame and alleged sexual encounters with underaged girls, which brought attention back to Kelly’s problematic past.
Read MoreThere is a $196 million investment in the re-envisioned Cole Field House (expected to open in early 2019) for student athletes, predominantly football players; and the construction of the purple line that will be completed in 2022 will cause temporary road closures, traffic detours and the elimination of hundreds of Lot 1 parking spots.
Read MoreMontgomery County Board of Education approved the county’s proposal of allowing up to three excused absences to let students participate in protests.
Read MoreMcNamara was one of five journalists killed in the Capital Gazette newsroom shooting on June 28.
Read MoreJeyda Muhammad, a freshman architecture major at UMD, was crowned 2018-2019 Miss Unity on Nov. 11.
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