News from around campus
New Book Throws Jab at Art of Black Boxers (Maryland Today)
Researcher Reveals How Stereotypes Were Reinforced
UMD students honor people killed in Palestine with flag display (The Diamondback)
The University of Maryland’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter planted about 15,000 white flags on McKeldin Mall Tuesday.
‘Poverty Is an Injury’ (Maryland Today)
First Year Book Asks Why Income Inequality Persists in America
"Poverty, by America," by Pulitzer Prize winner Matthew Desmond free to all UMD community members
Researchers from the Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law & Society (TRAILS) are conducting a series of studies to determine the level of bias that users expect from AI systems
UMD Joins New National Program Welcoming Refugee Students (Maryland Today)
The University of Maryland is among 17 colleges and universities across the United States enrolling refugee students as the inaugural class of the Welcome Corps on Campus.
New Podcast Explores Past, Present & Future of Black Studies
Ashley Newby and John Drabinski Rolled Out “The Black Studies Podcast” this Summer, with $100K in Support from the Mellon Foundation
Goldberg Appointed Associate Chair of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in BIOE
news story image The Fischell Department of Bioengineering (BIOE) is excited to announce Senior Lecturer Deborah Goldberg (B.S. ’06, Ph.D. ’10) as the new Associate Chair of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB).
news story image The Fischell Department of Bioengineering (BIOE) is excited to announce Senior Lecturer Deborah Goldberg (B.S. ’06, Ph.D. ’10) as the new Associate Chair of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB).
Policy Professor Speaks on Advocacy, Civic Engagement and the Power of Women to be Agents of Change
Associate Clinical Professor Brandi Slaughter, program director of The Karabelle Pizzigati Fellows Initiative in Advocacy for Children, Youth and Families, has spent her career fostering systemic change.