In College Park, the median rental price increased by 5% between 2019 and 2022, according to data collected by Bright MLS Inc., a company that shows available rental listings and their corresponding prices in several northeastern states.
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Hundreds of guests gathered in the Kay Theatre of The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center to hear from Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer award-winning journalist and author. Hannah-Jones is most known for her work, “The 1619 Project,” which was published by The New York Times Magazine.
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Montgomery County Police found 17-year-old Jai’lyn Jones’ body behind some homes in Germantown, Md on Jan. 24, which led to the opening a murder investigation. Since then, Jai’lyn Jones’ mother Alexis Jones McDaniel opened an Instagram account to spread awareness about her son’s death.
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Black alumni, students and faculty attended the Gift of Giving Gala on April 23 as a part of the first-ever Black Alumni Weekend at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center.
The event, hosted by Vice President of the Student Success Leadership Council (SSLC) Lauren Hamilton and former NBA player Len Elmore, served as an awards ceremony for celebrating the achievements of Black students, alumni and faculty.
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As inflation continues to soar around the U.S., University of Maryland students express their concern with the rise in gas prices.
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Moderated by UMD archivist Lae’l Hughes-Watkins and postdoctoral associate for data curation in African-American History and Culture Francena Fatima LaVosha Turner, the panel were asked four questions on the social climate during their time at Maryland, moments of Black joy, Black student retention and ways to make systemic change at UMD.
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As an American studies doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland, Christina Sessoms uses her seven-year long research to advocate for Black women by understanding their presence through joy.
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Of the University of Maryland’s many student news publications, there is only one whose purpose is to accurately share the stories of the university’s Black students.
In an exclusive interview with Black Explosion reporter Aaron Wright, actor Stephanie Beatriz talked about “In the Heights,” how she got her start in acting and the impact of “Encanto.”
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The University of Maryland Sexual Assault Prevention Committee (SAPC) relaunched its “Raise Your Voice” campaign Tuesday in the Stamp Student Union building.
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This spring, more events are opening for in-person attendance including the annual Spring Movie Series located in the Stamp Student Union’s Hoff Theater.
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The Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) program in the Creative Writing and the Jiménez-Porter Writers' House hosted a virtual reading session with authors Cristina Rivera Garza and Mitchell S. Jackson on March 4.
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The Montgomery County School Board of Education approved an increase in police services for the 2022 fiscal year budget on Thursday, as students testified for an increase in mental health programs.
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Maryland Public Television correspondent Charles Robinson hosted a CIAA Reception in Baltimore to raise funds for the Karson Institute on Feb. 25th.
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The University of Maryland hosted its third annual Black History Month (BHM) Read-a-Thon on Feb. 17. For three hours, faculty, staff and students could listen to readings of passages and quotes from Black authors, leaders and innovators, according to the event calendar from the School of Architecture.
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Prince George’s County's Board of Education considered an electronic school bus pilot program and introducing smaller non-school bus vehicles to improve the school bus driver shortage on Feb 10 in an operating budget work session.
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The Black Student Union (BSU) hosted Black Love Week this past week with events celebrating Black love. However, with an entire week dedicated to recognizing Black relationships, the events seemed to struggle in representing all Black love.
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Nusirat Balogun, known affectionately as Nusi, started an at-home bakery six years ago when she was dissatisfied with being a research assistant. After going to pastry school in Canada, she moved back to Maryland to open her bakery in a two-story house with a functioning kitchen.
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