News across Greater Washington
Supreme Court allows rapid third-country deportations, for now
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration can resume rapidly deporting immigrants to countries other than their own, the Supreme Court agreed Tuesday.
GUSA Confirms 5 New Directors, Announces Advances in Reconciliation
New GUSA directors look forward to executing their new positions while incumbent senators seek to amplify student voices with regards to dining options.
WSSC Water Update: Essential Water Use Only Remains in Effect
We remain in Essential Water Use Only. WSSC water plant operations have resumed, and water reserves are recovering, but continued conservation is essential while WSSC Water restores the system and completes permanent electrical repairs.
Student leaders, organizations slam Turning Point movie screening as Islamophobic
In the hours and days before Turning Point USA at GW screened “Run Hide Fight: Infidels,” a film produced by right-wing media company The Daily Wire generally reviewed as expressing anti-Muslim sentiments and spreading hateful rhetoric, student organization leaders took to…
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Is College Park ready to quantum?
Gov. Wes Moore calls it the Capital of Quantum. He has steered more than a billion dollars toward making College Park and the University of Maryland’s (UMD) Discovery District a world hub for quantum computing, which harnesses the strange rules of physics at the smallest scale to…
Paint Branch 4th graders sing for first lady
Four fourth-graders from Paint Branch Elementary School in College Park helped serenade first lady Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan, the first lady of China, on Sept. 24 at the National Museum of Asian Art. The concert was a stop on Peng’s day out with her American counterpart…
Latina aviators gather at museum for festival
Latina aviators told elementary and high school STEM students in September that they can do anything they set their minds to. The College Park Aviation Museum welcomed more than 100 visitors on Sept. 26 for the sixth annual Latinas in Aviation Global Festival. “Taking off is…
UMD prof explains ‘weird’ quantum mechanics to lay audience
Red balls and blue balls. A penny in Maryland and another in California. The same atom in two points on a graph at the same time. University of Maryland (UMD) physics professor Steve Rolston tried to explain quantum mechanics to a standing-room-only crowd of more than 50 people…
ACM Celebrates 59 Years Of Community Stories
This September, the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum (ACM) turned 59. The museum opened its doors in 1967, and it has spent nearly six decades preserving and celebrating the stories of communities across the greater Washington, DC, region.
45th Annual Takoma Park Street Festival Returns Sunday, October 4, 2026
The 45th Annual Takoma Park Street Festival is set to bring music, art, and community spirit to the heart of Takoma Park on Sunday, October 4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival will feature almost 200 booths showcasing the region’s creative scene.
