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Journalism dean search: Dean candidate brings experience in newsroom, but lots of controversial history

By Joel Lev-Tov She’s doubled the number of reporters of color in her newsroom. She capitalized the “B” in Black before anyone else. She turned her newsroom majority female. She led a massive project that looked at where former President Donald Trump’s wall would go and what communities it would cut through. These are ways USA Today Editor-in-Chief Nicole Carroll describes herself as she embarks … Continue reading Journalism dean search: Dean candidate brings experience in newsroom, but lots of controversial history

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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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Meet the TerpsEXCEED Class of 2023

By Ceoli Jacoby Zach McKay, 25, and Hari Kannan, 19, have already accomplished plenty in their young lives. Zach is a decorated Special Olympian representing Team Maryland, a longtime employee at Jim Coleman Honda and was voted “Most Likely to Make you Smile” by his graduating class at Marriotts Ridge High School. Hari serves as a board member of the Down Syndrome Network of Montgomery … Continue reading Meet the TerpsEXCEED Class of 2023

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UMD organizations inspire current and future generations of women in STEM

By Sara Chernikoff Diversity and inclusion campaigns have become mainstream initiatives for several schools throughout campus, but just how successful have they been? Two programs in particular — the Maryland Center for Women in Computing (MCWIC) and the Association for Women in Computing (AWC) — are devoted to diversifying and creating a community for women in computing fields at this university. These organizations have taken … Continue reading UMD organizations inspire current and future generations of women in STEM

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