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Michael Straker is a fourth-year bioengineering Ph.D. candidate in Fischell Institute Fellow and Herbert Rabin Distinguished Chair in Engineering Reza Ghodssi's MEMS Sensors and Actuators Lab (MSAL).
Grand Challenges initiative connects community-based activists with university resources
UMD students call for end to violence in southern Gaza at demonstration (The Diamondback)
More than 70 students gathered on Hornbake Plaza Tuesday to raise awareness about the deteriorating humanitarian situation amid Israel’s assault on southern Gaza.
news story image Vené Richardson-Powell is a faculty assistant in Fischell Institute Affiliate Fellow and BIOE Assistant Professor Jenna Mueller's Global Biomedical Devices lab.
Cultural centers bring community together (La Voz Latina)
After years of advocacy, the University of Maryland plans to construct five new cultural centers dedicated to the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA), Disabled, LatinX, Multiracial, and Native and Indigenous communities in the Cole Student Activities Building.
Tribal Loyalties (Maryland Today)
Alum Designs Homes, Schools, Health Care Centers for Native Communities
OCRSM leads relationship health talk (Stories Beneath the Shell)
The Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct hosted a cardmaking workshop Friday afternoon to help University of Maryland students identify healthy and unhealthy relationship traits.
Stories of Resilience in the Face of Segregation (Maryland Today)
New UMD Video Series Documents African American Life During Jim Crow
Jewish Samples in Popular Rap Music (Mitzpeh)
In Mitzpeh's first music-related piece, they found some of the best rap songs that sample Jewish music, integrating their love for music and their Jewish culture.
The Most Important Black Educator You've Never Heard Of (Maryland Today)
Alum's New Play Premieres at Arena Stage