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A butterfly lands on some goldenrod, one of the flowers native to the D.C. area that DMV student groups planted as part of the first Wild Visions Habitat Creation Challenge hosted by Garden for Wildlife. (Courtesy of Trisha Singh/Garden for Wildlife)

DMV Students Grow Native Plant Gardens in New ‘Wild Visions’ Contest

by Kayla Benjamin May 8, 2024May 8, 2024

**FILE** The St. John's Cadets defeated the Sidwell Quakers 42-39 in overtime to win the DCSAA Class AA Championship on March 3 at The Charles E. Smith Center in Washington, D.C. With the success of local girls basketball players, the DMV continues to be a hotbed for national recruiters. (Marcus Relacion/The Washington Informer)

DMV Dominates in Girls Basketball

by Ed Hill May 8, 2024July 16, 2024

Student activists from around the DMV surround one of the tents at a George Washington University encampment on April 25, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, where over 34,000 Palestinians have died in Israel's retaliatory response to Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

‘It’s About the People in Gaza’: Student Encampment Protest Hits 1-Week Mark

by Kayla Benjamin May 1, 2024May 1, 2024

An acrylic on paper by Alma Thomas, “Untitled” (1966), as part of the “David C. Driskell & Friends” exhibition. This gift to The Driskell Center was from Susan Kaim Talley and Bascom D. Talley III (Courtesy of Jonathan Thorpe/David C. Driskell Center)

The Legacy of Artist and Educator David C. Driskell is Honored in New Exhibition

by Brenda C. Siler March 13, 2024March 13, 2024

Washington Commanders Team President Jason Wright addresses the Welcome Home Luncheon gathering. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Commanders Move Business Operations from FedEx Field to University of Maryland

by WI Web Staff December 8, 2023December 8, 2023

Gayle King speaks at the 2019 Matrix Awards at Sheraton New York Times Square in New York City on May 6, 2019. (Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images)

Gayle King to Give U.Md.’s Spring Commencement Address

by WI Web Staff March 10, 2023March 10, 2023

In this 1950 photo by Paul Henderson, then-NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall (fifth from right) is shown with other civil rights activists, including future University of Maryland students Hiram Whittle (sixth from right) and Parren Mitchell (far right). (Courtesy of the Maryland Center for History and Culture)

University of Maryland Names Building in Honor of Thurgood Marshall

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer March 1, 2023March 1, 2023

Harriet Tubman

U.Md. Event to Commemorate Harriet Tubman Day

by WI Web Staff March 1, 2023March 1, 2023

Stephanie Shonekan (left), dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland, in conversation with music icon Dionne Warwick at the University of Maryland's College Park campus on Feb. 22. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

University of Maryland Audience Learns Dionne Warwick Will Always Be Relevant

by Brenda C. Siler February 24, 2023February 24, 2023

Cecilia Marshall (second from left), Justice Thurgood Marshall (right) and their two sons (Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage)

U.Md. to Name New School Building After Thurgood Marshall

by WI Web Staff February 20, 2023February 20, 2023