Category: Campus

UMD students excited, uncertain as Purple Line prepares for on-campus testing in January

Five of the Purple Line’s 21 light-rail stations will be located on or near this campus. The line will also connect to the Metro’s red, green and orange lines.

Anastasia Merkulova
3 days ago

UMD SGA to ask university to rename rooms titled after US defense, military companies

The University of Maryland SGA passed a resolution calling on this university to rename four rooms in the engineering school and one room in the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college

Keira Hardesty
4 days ago

UMD students voice worry, call to action as Hurricane Melissa devastates communities

The Category 5 hurricane wreaked havoc across the Caribbean, making landfall in Jamaica before heading toward Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas and Bermuda.

Sanya Wason
4 days ago

UMD professor locks away student cellphones to increase focus, connection

Initially, students said they were taken aback that their devices would be locked up, but the professor believes that they have since adjusted positively.

Freelance Reporter
6 days ago

UMD community members reflect on war, humanitarian crisis in Sudan

More than 40 students and university community members attended a roundtable Thursday about the civil war in Sudan.

Anastasia Merkulova
6 days ago

UMD students celebrate diversity of South Asian culture at multicultural night

The annual event hosted by this university’s South Asian Student Association typically draws about 200 people.

Amelia Twyman
7 days ago

Ellicott Hall to temporarily close in fall 2026 for AC installation, renovations

Hagerstown Hall is expected to receive similar renovations and construction is slated to start in January 2027 after more funding is approved.

Johana Gonzalez-Cruz
November 7, 2025

New UMD gallery uses art to address sexual violence

The exhibition, which opened in Stamp Student Union in October, encourages the use of art for social change.

Freelance Reporter
November 7, 2025

Alum, Iowa judge David Porter credits passion for law to his time at UMD

Porter said he looks back to his time at this university as a critical point in his life when he developed an interest in law.

Freelance Reporter
November 6, 2025

Purple Line to begin testing light-rail vehicles at UMD in January

The testing on campus is expected to be conducted overnight on selected days from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Anastasia Merkulova
November 6, 2025