News from around campus
UMD Muslim students share mixed feelings about Ramadan dining hall accommodations (The Diamondback)
As Ramadan commenced on Sunday, several Muslim students at the University of Maryland expressed mixed feelings over the university’s accommodations for students celebrating the holy month on campus.
UMD community mourns Nex Benedict, calls for end to anti-trans legislation (The Diamondback)
Dozens of University of Maryland community members gathered Friday in front of McKeldin Library to mourn Nex Benedict, a nonbinary and indigenous high school student in Oklahoma who died last month.
Devon Betts, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of American Studies, has been awarded the first annual Bonnie Thornton Dill Dean’s Graduate Research Award to support his research on how “paranoia influences Black Americans’ health decisions.”
UMD hosts panel to honor legacy of Harriet Tubman, highlight artists and activists (The Diamondback)
University of Maryland community members came together Sunday to discuss identity politics, reclaiming agency and the nuances of autonomy during a panel commemorating the life and legacy of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
PROGRESS holds inaugural distinguished speaker series event (Stories Beneath the Shell)
PROGRESS, which stands for Prevent Gun Violence: Research, Empowerment, Strategies and Solutions, hosted a distinguished speaker series event on Wednesday, featuring professors Rabiatu Barrie and Brooklynn Hitchens.
Findings from the poll—fielded January 29-February 5, 2024 among 1,891 respondents using Ipsos’s probability-based KnowledgePanel—shed light on whether Americans feel the need to speak carefully about issues related to Israel-Palestine and the war between Russian and Ukraine.
Desiree Jones, a University of Maryland President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychology (PSYC), was recently named a recipient of the International Society for Autism Research’s (INSAR) Dissertation Award.
Honoring Black History with BSiPP (School of Public Policy)
Founded in 2017, Black Students in Public Policy (BSiPP) has been fostering partnerships and collaborations with faculty and the student body. BSiPP aims to provide a safe and supportive space for Black students and students of other marginalized identities studying public policy.
Celebrating Women's History Month 2024
People across the world benefit from the perspective that women bring to engineering and from the positive difference those engineers make.
Arquitectos unidos: Latino students leave a foundation on campus (La Voz Latina)
Irving Bravo was speaking with his mentor Juan Sempertegui about the new organization, Latino PreLaw Society, when he realized that there wasn’t a club for Latino architects on campus. This prompted a text message that fueled the creation of the Latinx Architects United (LAU) organization at UMD.