Cole Field House just before sunset on Nov. 21, 2022. Photo by Riley Sims | The Diamondback

UMD to begin renovations for 5 cultural centers over winter break

December 11, 2023 10:18 pm by Natalie Weger | University of Maryland

The University of Maryland will begin renovation of five new cultural centers in the Cole Field House over winter break, according to Yvette Lerma Jones, the diversity, equity and inclusion director for the university’s student affairs division. Read more…

On This Day in Disability History

June 9, 2019. Ali Stroker wins Best Featured Actress in a Musical at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards. An actor, singer, and wheelchair user, Ali Stroker has been a trailblazer for disability representation on the stage. She was the first wheelchair user to graduate from the Tisch School of the Arts Drama Department at New York University. In 2015, she was the first wheelchair user to appear on Broadway, starring as Anna in the musical, Spring Awakening. For her performance as Ado Annie Carnes in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Oklahoma!, Stroker became the first wheelchair user to win a Tony Award in 2019.

The AbleList

The article: Mistrial declared in Palisades fire arson case, a stunning blow to feds
2 months agoIt seems clear to me that in lieu of compelling evidence, the prosecution tried to portray Rinderknecht as disabled and hence disposable, and their strategy seemed to be to hope that the jury would overlook the weak evidence against Rinderknecht in
The article: Is CTE really the main reason behind the rise in NFL player suicides?
4 months agoThe caution from researchers attributing violence to single factors has been largely absent when less privileged people’s (especially poor, BIPOC people’s) lives are
The article: US fires on and disables 2 more Iranian tankers as tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz
4 months agoIt seems like what the authors wanted to say is that the tankers were “put out of service,” “damaged,” or “destroyed.” This is not what disability