Sustainable Crab Feast: University of Maryland Spins the State’s Tradition

Crab feats are a Maryland tradition. But the University of Maryland’s annual event featured a different twist this year.

Debate Watch- UMD debuts new technology at debate watch

COLLEGE PARK- Hundreds turn out in College Park to both watch the presidential debate and take part in a new, immediate way of measuring audience response.

The University of Maryland debuted two Maryland-made forms of technology, including online voter registration for Maryland students and real-time polling where 2,000 students from across the country reacted to the debate and watched the trends live.

Deloitte Partners With Olympians for Recruitment Tour

Professional services firm Deloitte is partnered with nine Olympians for a 10-stop tour at universities around the country.

Cartoonist Jeff Kinney’s “Wimpy Kid” Books Started at the University of Maryland

Many of the Wimpy Kid stories are drawn from Kinney’s childhood in Maryland

Breast-feeding Allowed in Maryland University Classrooms

Breast-feeding policies at Maryland universities don’t really address the kind of problem that came up recently at American University, when a professor breast-fed her sick child during her initial class, prompting a national debate.

Maryland Pro Beer Pong Players Among Best in the Nation

After Austin Lanham injured his knee playing rugby at the University of Maryland in 2004, he devoted his attention to another big “sport” on college campuses. Not football or basketball, but beer pong.

Fundraising Finalists Earn Degrees of Praise From Kevin Bacon

Six philanthropic finalists earned degrees of praise from Kevin Bacon at UMCP’s “Do Good Challenge.”

To Educators, “Doomsday” Budget a Disaster

State education leaders aren’t happy with the end result of the 2012 General Assembly, and expect a special session to be called to address school spending and state aid. In its current form, the budget reduces or eliminates state aid in a number of areas, many of which deal with education spending.

UMD Student Arrested for Threatening “Shooting Rampage”

University of Maryland Police defended their decision not to issue a campus-wide alert prior to the weekend arrest of a student who had posted online that he was planning a “shooting rampage” on the College Park campus.

Social Networking Infiltrates Schools, from Bullying to Crisis Management

Worrisome online behavior, whether a verbal attack or a threat of physical harm, is often difficult to track, and therefore difficult to prevent.