News from around campus
USM workers to see raises, safety protocols with new systemwide contract
University System of Maryland workers at nine institutions can now bargain under one contract with the university system after a new union agreement was signed Friday.
On the Record: “It’s really a justice problem as much as it is a public health problem.”
Associate Clinical Professor Julie Gabrielli spoke with WTOP about why city temperatures are so brutal during summer heat waves, the connection between “heat islands” and disinvestment, and how climate change is making suburbs warmer, too.
New Tools for Keeping Immigrant-Owned Shops in Place
Advocates Help Small Businesses Weather Changing Neighborhoods
14 Terps Say ‘Bonjour’ to Summer Olympics, Paralympics (Maryland Today)
Meet UMD Athletes, Coaches Representing Their Countries in Paris
Research by UMD Students Highlights Marginalized Voices
Driskell Center Awarded Nearly $690K to Create Institutional Archive, Digitize Newest Collections
Grants Expected to Help Solidify Center's Reputation as Leading African American Arts Institution
In Counterculture Exhibition, Undergrads Revisit What’s Going On (Maryland Today)
Students Jam on ’70s Musical Themes
‘That’s Not Fair!’: UMD-Led Study Finds Kids Notice Teacher Bias (Maryland Today)
Children Also Seek to Rectify Inequalities in Classroom
Study of Hearing in Different Contexts Could Offer Insights Into Sensory Impairment Disorders
UMD Students Win National Competition Designed to Reduce Violence, Hate (Maryland Today)
infOasis, their project in the Invent2Prevent competition, focused on improving teens’ media literacy through an online toolkit of mini games and interactive modules focused on image and media alteration, propaganda and false media.