My son is a junior at UMD. I think there were only 3 dorms affected by the mold problem. My son’s dorm was not. UMD did NOT cover up the problem. I felt the school was very transparent with students about the problem, as my son received several emails regarding the mold situation. There are older and newer dorms at UMD. Some have central AC; some do not. S’s first 2 years were in older dorms and there was no problem. This year he lives in a newer dorm and there was no problem. The young lady that passed away lived in a dorm with mold problems; however, she didn’t die because of the mold, she died as a result of a serious strain of the adenovirus (which the mold might have made worse). Now…UMD was NOT upfront or act accordingly in reporting the number of students testing positive for the adenovirus. JMO
As far as remediation of the mold is concerned - I know that students were relocated and cleaning was performed. And as far as the adenovirus is concerned - UMD is performing a large scale cleaning project in all of the dorms over the winter break.