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UMD, College Park community members celebrate Iftar with prayer, food (The Diamondback)
Dozens of University of Maryland and College Park community members gathered at the College Park United Methodist Church Thursday evening for the third annual Sunset Celebration Iftar.
Read More on UMD, College Park community members celebrate Iftar with prayer, food (The Diamondback)Affinity academic clubs share achievements amid challenges to DEI (The Black Explosion)
Academic groups that support students of color across the University of Maryland are experiencing both accomplishments and challenges to their future with the Trump administration’s push to eliminate university diversity programs in the United States.
Read More on Affinity academic clubs share achievements amid challenges to DEI (The Black Explosion)The fifth annual Harriet Tubman Day commemoration was held by the University of Maryland’s Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies on Monday, March 10. The event celebrated Tubman’s legacy in the David C. Driskell Center.
Read More on University community celebrates Harriet Tubman’s legacy with fifth annual commemoration event (The Black Explosion)UMD international students prepare for uncertainty after Trump’s executive orders (The Diamondback)
Many University of Maryland international students are anxious after U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent mass deportation threats and executive orders to intensify visa screenings.
Read More on UMD international students prepare for uncertainty after Trump’s executive orders (The Diamondback)UMD community members honor legacy of Harriet Tubman (The Diamondback)
University of Maryland community members commemorated the fifth annual Harriet Tubman Day at the David C. Driskell Center on Monday.
Read More on UMD community members honor legacy of Harriet Tubman (The Diamondback)Dialogue for Reproductive Justice through Art, Play and Pupusas! (ARHU)
New research by communication professor Carina Zelaya aims to improve sexual and reproductive health communication among Latinx families.
Read More on Dialogue for Reproductive Justice through Art, Play and Pupusas! (ARHU)Student actors explore Black pain and sisterhood in spring performance (The Black Explosion)
The University of Maryland School of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies performed the play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow is ENUF” in the Kay Theatre at the Clarice Smith Performing Art Center on February 21st.
Read More on Student actors explore Black pain and sisterhood in spring performance (The Black Explosion)Mapping Our Black World program celebrates Black culture amid DEI crackdown (The Black Explosion)
On Friday, the program hosted its first event, including a Black History Month Symposium, featuring presentations surrounding the theme Black History: Bridging Time & Space.
Read More on Mapping Our Black World program celebrates Black culture amid DEI crackdown (The Black Explosion)9 Terp Women Who Shaped History (Maryland Today)
Get to Know TV Trailblazers, Sports Heroes, Scientists—Even an Astronaut
Read More on 9 Terp Women Who Shaped History (Maryland Today)Hundreds gather to celebrate Native American culture at annual UMD powwow (The Diamondback)
Hundreds of people celebrated Native American and Indigenous culture Saturday at the University of Maryland’s annual powwow in Ritchie Coliseum.
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