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Web accessibility resources

Last week, we covered document accessibility resources. This week, we’re going to share some resources for how to make your web presence more accessible.

Display case from Unboxing Innovation in Special Collections exhibition with The 1856 Project's three research reports and other 1856 materials

Pay a visit to the Unboxing Innovation in Special Collections exhibition

Bias Incident Support Services presents Building Bridges: Addressing Bias Together an interactive educational opportunity designed to explore the roots of bias, hot it manifests in everyday interactions, and strategies to confront it effectively. Two people sitting on either side of a broken brick bridge, working together to put puzzle pieces into the broken space. Register at go.umd.edu/bridges

Building Bridges: Addressing Bias Together

Congratulations! Angela Nastase, J.D. - Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA) advisory board, alongside a portrait of Angela Nastase in a green cardigan

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Angela Nastase, director of the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct and Title IX coordinator, who was recently named as an advisory board member for The Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA)! 

Crescent moon with buildings along the bottom in a starry sky. Ramadan at the University of Maryland 2026

Ramadan Mubarak!

Ramadan Mubarak to all who are observing!

Document accessibility

Last week, we covered digital accessibility resources for instructors. Today, we’re going to share some resources for how to make your digital documents more accessible. If you create documents as part of your work at UMD, you won’t want to miss these ...

PlaceHack participants and judges posing for a group photo while seated in an auditorium

PlaceHack recap!

Four quotes finishing the sentence "I am taking SEES because..." It's important for UMD to have data-driven and informed initiatives. I want our campus to be proactive with preventing sexual assault. I care about helping my campus community. I want my voice to be heard and valued by campus leaders.

See the SEES, take the SEES

The Student Experiences and Environment Survey (SEES) officially came out on February 15. SEES is UMD’s biennial campus climate survey on sexual assault. The data from this survey are used to inform our campus’ response to sexual assault intervention and ...

Screenshot of a Zoom call between b.a. medina and Mrs. Dawn Collins

BISS Free Speech series, episode 1

Exciting news: our Bias Incident Support Services (BISS) team is launching a video series on free speech and expression. We’ll be sharing a conversation between BISS Director b.a. medina and a respected partner on a free speech-related topic every other ...

Volunteer for a Universities Studying Slavery Conference committee

The University of Maryland is honored to host the upcoming Universities Studying Slavery (USS) Conference from October 22 through October 25, 2026. This event represents a vital moment for The 1856 Project as they engage in critical dialogue regarding the ...

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