By Navya Pandit
The director of the Baha’i Chair for World Peace moderated the panel which discussed how language and communication barriers can lead to social conflict. Continue reading UMD Language Science Center panel explores how communication creates social conflict
By Miller Rogers-Tetrick
The UnLocked Project, a student organization that builds community for college students who have or have had an incarcerated parent, hosted a Familial Incarceration and Policy panel. Continue reading UnLocked Project panelists bring lived experience, research on incarceration to UMD
By Jude Wilkenfeld
The large minority population in the county still suffers from modern-day school segregation, the panel explained. Continue reading UMD panel examines history, modern-day realities of school desegregation in PG County
By: Charlotte Ormond The Student Alumni Leadership Council and the University of Maryland Alumni Association hosted a panel discussion for first-generation students and alumni to gather and share their stories and challenges as first-generation Terps. The panel, led by Jayla Parrott, a junior information science and psychology double major and Vice President of Alumni Programming at SALC, featured three alumni — Hugo Cantu, Brittany Johnson … Continue reading Discussion panel celebrates the journeys and struggles of first-generation terps
by Julia Rosier The Office of Multicultural Involvement Community Advocacy (MICA) hosted the Women of Color Artists Panel Wednesday night as part of their Black History Month program. The event gave women of color in the art world the opportunity to discuss the ways in which they enact change through their art. The panel, which took place in the Edward St. John Learning and Teaching … Continue reading MICA presents the Women of Color Artists Panel as part of Black History Month
By Sarah Natchipolsky The SGA hosted a panel discussion Monday to provide students with information on birth control, to clear up misconceptions around it and to show how they can best access it. The panel featured representatives from the University Health Center, Planned Parenthood and the Pregnancy Aid Center, a Maryland nonprofit organization that provides health care to low-income women. Panelists began by describing the … Continue reading SGA hosts town hall on birth control use and access
By Sarah Natchipolsky While medicine is often thought of as a practice rooted in science, the humanities can be intertwined in the medical field in many forms. Four University of Maryland professors gathered for a panel discussion on Oct. 10 to share how they’ve found this to be true in their own research. Chantel Rodriguez, an assistant professor in history spoke on her exploration of … Continue reading Medical Humanities panel explores role of literature and cultural practices in medicine
by Chloe Goldberg The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. But the impact of this prison system, most notably on families of color, is much less vivid. “What If It Were You: Race, Class, and a Flawed Criminal Justice System,” a panel discussion organized by the African American Studies Department, explored this impact and how to reform criminal justice … Continue reading “What If It Were You” examines crucial need for criminal justice reform
By Jalen Wade According to a panel of Prince George’s County delegates, the University of Maryland is disconnected from its outer community. On Monday, April 29, a group of county representatives came to speak at the university’s State of the County panel in Francis Scott Key Hall. The event was sponsored by the African American studies department as well as Professor Jonathan England’s course in … Continue reading State of the County panel uncovers university issues
By Shruti Kumar The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) hosted a Merrill College administration roundtable event on the evening of Monday, April 8. The organization invited all journalism students to Knight Hall to openly discuss their education at UMD. The event featured a panel of four Merrill College administrative figures: Dean Lucy Dalglish, Associate Dean Rafael Lorente, Assistant Dean Josh Madden and Internship and Career … Continue reading SPJ UMD chapter holds interactive roundtable event
