The newly created Tri-County All-Community Collaborative (TRACC) will embark on a six-month-long initiative to promote unity via conversations and events within St. Mary’s County. There are a series of events scheduled for January designed to help dismantle racism and privilege in Southern Maryland.

Visiting Professor of Biology Seabird McKeon is quoted in this Mashable article regarding animal and plant species that went extinct (or likely went extinct) in 2018: https://mashable.com/article/animals-that-went-extinct-2018/?europe=true

Gili Freedman, assistant professor in psychology, has received a grant for $49,051 from the Spencer Foundation for her work on "Changing Attributions to Improve Persistence of Women in STEM." 

St. Mary’s College of Maryland was recently recognized by Campus Labs—a leading company that works with institutions to transform higher education through data and analytics—as an All Star Award winner in its annual awards program.