News from around campus
UMD welcomes refugee student with new national program (The Diamondback)
Welcome Corps on Campus, which launched in July 2023, allows colleges and universities to privately sponsor refugee students to give them a pathway to higher education and U.S. citizenship.
Read Honoring ‘Las Muertes’ (Maryland Today)
Terps Highlight How D.C.’s Salvadoran Diaspora Uses Art to Grapple With Painful Past in New Documentary
‘Connie’ Breaks a Story: Her Own (Maryland Today)
In a New Memoir, Trailblazer Connie Chung ’69 Recounts Battling Misogyny and Racism to Reach the Pinnacle of TV News
ElevateHER: Engineering Solutions for Women’s Health (A. James Clark School of Engineering)
The ElevateHER Conference was hosted at Texas A&M University and co-chaired by Erika Moore, Assistant Professor in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering (BIOE) at the University of Maryland (UMD), and Shreya Raghavan, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M.
Therman Hawkins III, a junior marketing major from Bowie, Maryland, is the new president of the Black Student Union Executive Board.
Environmental justice activists gather in College Park for 10th annual symposium (The Diamondback)
The four-day symposium, which took place from Wednesday to Saturday, was organized by the Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health Center at the University of Maryland’s public health school.
Working together, we can create and support an inclusive and thriving community of engineers.
Celebrating Latine Heritage Month (The A. James Clark School of Engineering)
A new academic year brings with it a new opportunity to celebrate the diversity in our community, beginning with Latine Heritage Month.
UMD reactions to Oct. 7 McKeldin booking, general expectations for the new school year (Mitzpeh)
Read UMD reactions to Oct. 7 McKeldin booking, general expectations for the new school year (Mitzpeh)
The Maryland public works board approved a $50,000 settlement Wednesday to a former University of Maryland student for a gender-based discrimination lawsuit.