Maryland native rapper YBN Cordae performs at the Fillmore Silver Spring on February 14th, 2020. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2020/02/17/ybn-cordae-fillmore-concert-review/
Nathan Fox (head of table), a professor and director of the Child Development Lab at the University of Maryland, meets with students who are supporting a $3.4 million dollar NIH grant for research on the outcomes of formerly institutionalized children in Romania. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2019/12/02/umd-romania-college-of-education-adoption-foster-care-institution-orphanage-research-nih-grant/
Senior theater major Lucy Taylor and senior dance major Jemma Lehner are enrolled in a course which requires students to work 80 to 100 hours backstage during performances to complete their degree requirements. These students are now voicing their discontent with the requirements. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2020/02/17/umd-theatre-major-tdps-479-one-three-credits-clarice/
Elena LeVan, director of the Student Government Association’s Committee on Sexual Misconduct Prevention, has a goal to spread awareness of the “Red Zone,” which is the time period from August through November in which 50% of all reported sexual misconduct cases occur. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2019/09/19/umd-sga-sexual-assault-education-program-red-zone/
Maryland Men's Soccer played against UVA in a scoreless draw at Audi Field September 3rd, 2018. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2018/11/16/maryland-mens-soccer-ncaa-tournament-game-nc-state-ludwig-field/
Construction on the new Cole Field House at the University of Maryland from inside of the original structure. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2019/09/29/cole-field-house-cost-55-million/
Associate director of the LGBT Equity Center at this university, Shige Sakurai is also the first person in the United States to be issued a gender neutral marker on their driver’s license. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2019/03/29/maryland-drivers-license-gender-neutral-id-law-change-lgbt/
College Park’s tree canopy has been on a decline since 2009. Restrictions aim to slow tree cutting. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2019/09/23/college-park-tree-cut-canopy-restrictions-property-foliage/
Cybersecurity team competes in various coding competitions including the Kaizen Capture the Flag competition hosted by Booz Allen Hamilton on October 27, 2017. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2017/10/30/umd-students-national-cybersecurity-competition-computers/
The University of Maryland hosted the 13th annual Shirley Povich Symposium at the Riggs Alumni Center. The panel’s discussion topic focused on the role of race in sports. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2018/11/14/umd-povich-symposium-tom-mcmillen-scott-van-pelt-jordan-mcnair-maryland-football/
A protester holds a sign outside of the Adele H. Stamp student Union where an Immigration Forum was held on September 24, 2017. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2017/09/25/rushern-baker-immigration-forum-umd/
NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps speaks to a packed lecture hall in the Glenn L. Martin engineering building Nov. 25, 2019. Epps, an alumna of this university’s aerospace engineering Ph.D. program, discussed her experiences in the NASA astronaut corps. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2019/11/26/umd-nasa-speech-female-black-astronaut/
Students gathered outside McKeldin Library and marched to the Main Administration Building during the “Justice for Jordan” protest on Nov. 1, 2018. Full article: https://www.dbknews.com/2018/11/02/maryland-football-justice-for-jordan-rally-protest-umd-students-dj-durkin-wallace-loh-board-of-regents/
The University of Maryland's new computer science building, the Brendan Iribe Center, fully opened in 2019. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2019/12/30/umd-college-park-photo-year-in-review-2019/
Maryland Hilell held a vigil for the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh this past Saturday. The vigil was held on Mckeldin Mall with speakers from Maryland Hilell and Pittsburgh natives. Full article: https://dbknews.com/2018/10/30/umd-vigil-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-hillel-squirrel-hill-mckeldin-mall/
