The Diamondback

The Diamondback

The Diamondback is a student-operated newspaper at the University of Maryland. It is updated every day online and can be found at dbknews.com. In addition to its online presence, the newspaper is printed weekly on Thursdays and can be picked up at various spots across the campus and in the College Park area.

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  • 4 days ago | dbknews.com | Harrison Rich

    It’s never a shock when a five-star recruit makes it to the pros. For Derik Queen, it just wasn’t necessarily supposed to happen this fast. Queen is expected to be a first-round pick in the NBA draft on Wednesday. He could join Jalen Smith as the only Maryland NBA lottery picks over the past decade and would be the first Terp drafted since Aaron Wiggins in 2021. Queen would also be the first one-and-done NBA product for previous Maryland coach Kevin Willard.

  • 1 month ago | dbknews.com | Harrison Rich

    In the 2024-25 academic year, the Terps lost their athletic director, endured a miserable football season and had a historic basketball season before the coach of the men’s team departed. In the fall, Maryland football regressed after winning three straight bowl games for the first time in program history.

  • 1 month ago | dbknews.com | Katharine Wilson

    University of Maryland education professor Diane Jass Ketelhut was helping teachers integrate computational thinking into their science lesson plans in a way that worked for students. She was nearing the final stages of her work, where her team was supposed to bring its findings together into final reports for the National Science Foundation. Then, while at a conference with the teachers her team was working with, Jass Ketelhut was notified that her grant was terminated.

  • 1 month ago | dbknews.com | Adam Hudacek

    Adam Hudacek · Just now Students cheer at the University of Maryland spring commencement ceremony on May 20, 2022. (Riley Sims/The Diamondback) Please support our journalism by donating to The Diamondback.

  • 1 month ago | dbknews.com | Harrison Rich

    At the end of Charles “Lefty” Driesell’s life — when he was bedridden and sometimes unable to pick up his phone — his children, Chuck and Pam, would go through their father’s missed calls. They’d listen to the voicemails and tell Driesell who had reached out. Sometimes, he would request to speak with specific people. Buzz Williams was one of them. Chuck Driesell doesn’t know exactly when the friendship started between his dad and Maryland men’s basketball’s new coach.

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