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Activist Cecile Richards encourages civic involvement among women at dean’s lecture series

by Brenda Wintrode Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards declared Thursday that since stepping down from the reproductive rights organization, she’s shifted her focus to turning out more women voters for the upcoming election.  The activist and author told a crowd of over 100 people at the Dean’s Lecture Series that she has partnered with other non-profit leaders to create a women’s power-building organization called … Continue reading Activist Cecile Richards encourages civic involvement among women at dean’s lecture series

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Graduate school enters U21 innovation challenge

By Brenda Wintrode For the first time, the graduate school will offer both master’s and doctorate students a chance to enter into a global innovation competition against 26 other international research institutions, according to Robyn Kotzker, the assistant director of the Office of Funding Opportunities. The competition, called the “U21/PwC Innovation Challenge,” a collaboration between the network of research universities known as Universitas 21 and … Continue reading Graduate school enters U21 innovation challenge

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Responding to hate-bias reports and restoring community

By Brenda Wintrode Since the beginning of the semester, eight hate-bias reports have been filed by students and faculty, according to a year-old reporting tool the university instituted to provide more transparency on the issue to the campus community, four of which were entered in the first two days.  Although the Hate-Bias Reporting Log administered by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion does not prevent … Continue reading Responding to hate-bias reports and restoring community

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Cooperative thrift store pops up on campus

by Brenda Wintrode A group of students equipped with a collection of secondhand clothes and a cooperative business model turned the McKeldin steps into a pop-up thrift store Oct. 10.  Inspired by their involvement with the recently disbanded Maryland Food Collective, thrift shop founders and worker-owners Aviah Krupnick, 19, Conor A. James, 22, Arielle Gottlieb, 20, and Emily Fox, 19, chose a clothing business to … Continue reading Cooperative thrift store pops up on campus

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