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‘Conceding to the pressures’: UMD students criticize DEI office’s renaming (The Diamondback)
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Al-Hikmah — meaning “the wisdom” in Arabic — aims to bring this university’s diverse Muslim population closer by covering local cultural events and global news, according to Riona Sheikh, the publication’s founder and editor in chief.
Read More on Muslim student newspaper hopes to bring new voice to campus media, highlight cultural events (The Diamondback)New Fall Break Offers Time to Focus on Mental Health (Maryland Today)
UMD to Debut 2-Day Pause for Students and an Observed Holiday for Faculty, Staff in October
Read More on New Fall Break Offers Time to Focus on Mental Health (Maryland Today)UMD to track hazing incidents in campus security reports (The Diamondback)
The University of Maryland will start including hazing instances in its annual security reports beginning in 2026, university administrators wrote in a campuswide email Friday.
Read More on UMD to track hazing incidents in campus security reports (The Diamondback)UMD students honor lost Palestinian lives with campus art demonstration (The Diamondback)
More than a dozen University of Maryland students honored the deaths of Palestinians with an art demonstration on McKeldin Mall throughout Tuesday.
Read More on UMD students honor lost Palestinian lives with campus art demonstration (The Diamondback)Making Tech Accessible—With Benefits for All (Maryland Today)
UMD Research Changes Lives: Improving Daily Technology, From Payment Kiosks to PDFs and Self-Driving Cars
Read More on Making Tech Accessible—With Benefits for All (Maryland Today)The gift will be incorporated into the Literature and Rare Books collection in the Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives.
Read More on UMD Libraries receives gift of rare books and ephemera relating American Writer Sarah Josepha Hale (Maryland Today)Wearable Device Would Boost Communication by Signaling Gestures, Glances, Nods to Users
Read More on A UMD-Cornell AI Project Could Make Non-Verbal Cues More Accessible to People With Visual Impairments (Maryland Today)Study: Women’s Reports of Workplace Abuse Dismissed More Than Men’s (Maryland Today)
UMD Business Professor Recommends Organizations Establish, Standardize Systems to Ensure Fair, Timely Responses to All Complaints
Read More on Study: Women’s Reports of Workplace Abuse Dismissed More Than Men’s (Maryland Today)Terp Makes History in C Suite in NBA’s G League (Maryland Today)
As GM of Salt Lake City Stars, Former Basketball Standout Becomes Youngest Woman in Role in League History
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