News from around campus
Latina Pathways hosted their First-Generation Student Mixer at Stamp Student Union on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The event brimmed with music, food, dancing and games.
Read More on Latina Pathways’ First Generation Student Mixer creates a student community (Stories Beneath the Shell)High Marks Given for Workplace Experience, Graduate Mentoring Support
Read More on Three-fourths of Terps ‘Comfortable’ With Campus Climate, Though Survey Reveals Opportunities for Improvement (Maryland Today)Helping Students Navigate “Firsts” (School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation)
First-Gen Alums Share Experiences, Advice for Finding Success in College and Beyond
Read More on Helping Students Navigate “Firsts” (School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation)The Student Alumni Leadership Council and the University of Maryland Alumni Association hosted a panel discussion for first-generation students and alumni to gather and share their stories and challenges as first-generation Terps.
Read More on Discussion panel celebrates the journeys and struggles of first-generation terps (Stories Beneath the Shell)Haptic Hardware Offers Waterfall of Immersive Experience (Maryland Today)
‘Sensational’ New Gaming Tech Could Someday Aid Blind Users
Read More on Haptic Hardware Offers Waterfall of Immersive Experience (Maryland Today)The ‘Hidden Population’: Undergrads Juggling Classes, Midterms—and Diapers (Maryland Today)
New Study Aims to Identify Terp Parents, Resources They Need to Succeed
Read More on The ‘Hidden Population’: Undergrads Juggling Classes, Midterms—and Diapers (Maryland Today)UMD literature club highlights Asian American and Pacific Islander stories (The Diamondback)
The University of Maryland’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Literature and Media Club aims to keep this momentum going and rewrite people’s understanding of the Asian American experience.
Read More on UMD literature club highlights Asian American and Pacific Islander stories (The Diamondback)FIRE Researcher Champions Minority Language Preservation (Maryland Global)
Ashley Chau ‘25, Peer Research Mentor in the First-Year Innovation & Research Experience (FIRE) shares her research work to preserve local dialects of Chinese, which are rapidly becoming extinct.
Read More on FIRE Researcher Champions Minority Language Preservation (Maryland Global)Can AI Foster Equity in Education? (College of Education)
Across the UMD College of Education, Students and Faculty Are Exploring How to Harness AI to Create More Equitable Opportunities for All Learning Levels. The Key? It’s in the Way that You Use It.
Read More on Can AI Foster Equity in Education? (College of Education)Balancing the Scales Towards Gender Equality (Maryland Global)
UMD Prof. Colby Silvert and Sierra Leone agriculture expert Fatmata Binta Jalloh partner to catalyze transformative change in farming communities, tackling deep-rooted gender disparities.
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