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The Diamondback was founded in 1910 as The Triangle. [2] The name was then changed a few times to The M.A.C. Weekly, Maryland State Review, and University Review. [2] The newspaper was renamed again in 1921 to The Diamondback, in honor of a local reptile, the Diamondback terrapin (the terrapin became the official school mascot in 1933). [2]
Professor Juan Ramón Jiménez won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. The following individuals serve or served on the University of Maryland faculty, but are not necessarily alumni. Lynn Bolles (b. 1949), professor of women's studies [342] Gertrude Ehrlich (b. 1923), professor of mathetmatics
Pines was a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the university before becoming president. [39] In 2021, the university announced it had raised $1.5 billion in donations since 2018. [40] In April of 2024, UMD students joined other campuses across the United States in protests against the Israel–Hamas war.
John Alan Pease (March 8, 1936 – March 12, 2024) was an associate professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and co-chair of the department.He was also recognized as an advocate for strengthening academic standards, mentoring students, and making higher education affordable to students who come from less privileged backgrounds.
In 1921, University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) introduced an undergraduate business program within the existing Department of Economics/Business Administration that included courses in Diplomacy, Constitutional law, and Public speaking. Less than 400 students enrolled. 17 years later in 1938, UMD restructured the burgeoning business ...
The Philip Merrill College of Journalism is a journalism school located at the University of Maryland, College Park.The college was founded in 1947 [1] and was named after newspaper editor Philip Merrill in 2001. [2]
Dinesh Manocha is currently a Paul Chrisman Iribe Professor Professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his B.Tech. degree in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1987; M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science at the University of California at Berkeley in 1990 and 1992, respectively.
Peter George Morici Jr. (born December 9, 1948) [1] is an American economist and Professor Emeritus (retired) of International Business at the R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a graduate of SUNY Albany in New York State, where he received his Ph.D in economics in 1974.