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‘One part of the process’: Bias trainings teach students, faculty to confront hate

By Yonathan Shimelis From the murder of 1st Lt. Richard Collins to the 2017 discovery of a noose in Phi Kappa Tau’s fraternity house, The University of Maryland has a history of hate bias-related incidents. But these incidents are not a thing of the past. UMD Bias Incident Support Services’s latest annual report saw 79 hate bias incidents logged and 113 reports received. BISS, a … Continue reading ‘One part of the process’: Bias trainings teach students, faculty to confront hate

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‘Something we should be proud of’: Professor champions Black classical music in guest talk 

By Anuoluwapo Adefiwitan The lights dimmed as University of Michigan professor Louise Toppin walked to the stage in her mustard-yellow turtleneck sweater. Toppin smiled as she leaned into the small wooden podium and introduced her presentation topic: Black vocal music. Toppin held a lecture in The Joseph & Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall Monday as a part of Guest Artist Series for Black History Month at … Continue reading ‘Something we should be proud of’: Professor champions Black classical music in guest talk 

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‘Don’t wait’: Disabled students want UMD to take action on accessibility

By Caleigh Bartash Online school in a pandemic is hard enough. Students have trouble paying attention. They worry about their health and their families while trying to earn good grades and graduate. Adversity in the classroom is nothing new for University of Maryland students with disabilities. But the pandemic creates a host of new problems to grapple with. Disabled students can receive accommodation plans from … Continue reading ‘Don’t wait’: Disabled students want UMD to take action on accessibility

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‘Nothing stopping us’: UMD reaches for Mars

By Ilana Williams Humans spent decades sending robots into space, but they never took flight on Mars. It turns out all they might have needed was Ingenuity. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft to fly on Mars on April 19. Members of the University of Maryland’s aerospace engineering department said they are excited for the next stage of space exploration. Ravi Lumba, a … Continue reading ‘Nothing stopping us’: UMD reaches for Mars

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