In Brief
March 31, 2020
The Philip Merrill College of Journalism and the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism will hold an online panel discussion from 7–8 p.m. tomorrow about…
March 30, 2020
As COVID-19 cases skyrocket in the National Capitol Region, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan issued a stay-at-home order set to take effect at 8 p.m. today.
March 30, 2020
As the university shifts today to all-online learning, students will have free access to virtual textbooks from the University Book Center through the rest of…
March 29, 2020
UMD Libraries, in collaboration with libraries around the globe, is providing free access to research information and data about the rapidly evolving COVID-19…
March 27, 2020
In an email today to university employees, Jewel M. Washington, assistant vice president for human resources, urged those who do not need to report to campus…
March 26, 2020
A $10,000 gift from Northrop Grumman is supporting the continued production of hand sanitizer in Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering labs,…
March 24, 2020
The UMD Presidential Transition Team will postpone its work, including planned listening sessions, due to the coronavirus pandemic, said Darryll J. Pines, dean…
March 24, 2020
Tomorrow, Dr. Boris Lushniak, dean of the School of Public Health, will be live on Instagram answering questions from members of the university community about…
March 18, 2020
Darryll J. Pines, who will succeed Wallace D. Loh to become UMD’s next president in July, introduced a new website with information on his transition and a way…
March 18, 2020
The Big Ten champion Maryland women’s basketball team ended the 2019–20 season ranked in the top five in all three national polls. The Terrapins are No. 3 in…
March 11, 2020
As the university prepares to move course instruction online after spring break, the Division of Information Technology (DIT) is gauging students’ access to…
March 10, 2020
New research from UMD’s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) could help authorities better head off plans for…
March 10, 2020
The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in Baltimore and the University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences in College…
March 09, 2020
The university announced the following upcoming road closures on and around campus due to continuing work on the light-rail Purple Line.
March 06, 2020
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan last night announced three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, Md.
March 06, 2020
Robert Briber, professor of materials science and engineering, will become interim dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering on April 1 after Dean…