Montgomery Community Media

The University of Maryland announced Tuesday that it is moving to an online education system. In an email from Wallace Loh, president of UMD, he advises students to pack their essential belongings when they leave residence halls for spring break from March 16 to March 22. Campus will be closed for students until at least […]

The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents announced Wednesday that Dr. Darryll Pines, 55, will be the 34th President of the University of Maryland (UMD). He begins on July 1, and will replace current president Wallace Loh.  Pines has been the dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering and the Nariman […]

It would be a substantial understatement to say that 100-year-old Doyle Royal has led a full life. More accurately, he has led many full lives as – among other things – a decorated soldier and a longtime and legendary soccer and tennis coach at the University of Maryland. On Sunday, Royal was honored by dozens […]

The Maryland Terrapins are not used to being unseeded in the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament yet that’s exactly the position they found themselves in heading into Sunday’s first round match-up with longtime rival and sixth seeded Towson. The game, played at Johnny Unitas Stadium, was a back and forth affair. The Terps trailed 13-12 late in […]

Gov. Larry Hogan and U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen released their March Madness brackets Thursday afternoon and — to no one’s surprise — they both are predicting Maryland will win it all. Van Hollen tweeted, “My bracket last year had @UMBCAthletics beating @UVA in the first round. People laughed (ahem @MarkWarner)—but as we saw, you […]

Terps Football News Officially Maryland’s 2019 Football season began today at Tyser Tower as new head coach Mike Locksley announced the signing of 17 new members of the 2019 Football Class.  The coaching staff and the signing class will be reintroduced on Tuesday’s evening event for season ticket holders and donors at the Riggs Alumni […]

Montgomery County Public School teacher Deanna Perucci, 24, died suddenly while teaching a class at Herbert Hoover Middle School in Potomac Thursday morning. Herbert Hoover’s principal Dr. Yong-Mi Kim sent a letter home to families. According to Kim, Perucci’s “passing was the result of a medical emergency.” MCPS has already started offering support to students present […]

Strategic partners, the University of Maryland College Park (UMD) and University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) today marked the first phase completion of the new Cole Field House. In what can clearly be recognized as a rebirth of Cole, a second ground breaking took place after the football field dedication, known as the Terrapin Performance Center, […]

The anatomy of a great women’s basketball rivalry has many moving parts. A sell out crowd to view games is one part. Bring together nationally ranked teams, one with an 86 game winning streak, another. Add in two of the best women’s coaches around and two teams filled with underclass McDonald All-Americans adds to its […]

University of Maryland’s President Wallace D. Loh sent a letter dated Feb. 19 to students, faculty and staff at the College Park and Shady Grove campuses communicating a data breach involving approximately 309,079 records containing personal information. A sophisticated computer security attack on a database included the personal records of faculty, staff, students and affiliated […]