Science In A Shell

SCIENCE IN A SHELL

The E-newsletter of the UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 2018

Responding to Cholera Before It Strikes

Research by UMIACS' Rita Colwell is enabling a new British-led international aid effort to predict and stop potential cholera epidemics before they happen. More »


10 UMD Faculty Members Win National Science Foundation CAREER Awards College awardees include Physics' Maissam Barkeshli, Computer Science's Jordan Boyd-Graber and Marine Carpuat, and Chemistry and Biochemistry's Osvaldo Gutierrez and Peter Nemes. More »	$1M from the State of Maryland Matches Brin Family Donation for Two Computer Science Professorships The college has received $7.3M from the state to match 10 new endowed professorships and chairs in computer science, the life sciences and mathematics. More »


Physics' Peter Shawhan Awarded 2018 Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize The award recognized Shawhan's work on gravitational waves and multimessenger astronomy. More »	Biology's Reid Compton Receives 2018 Kirwan Under-graduate Education Award He was honored for his contributions to the College Park Scholars Life Sciences program. More »


How the Desert Could Bloom UMD researchers led by Atmospheric and Oceanic Science's Eugenia Kalnay found that large wind and solar farms in the Sahara desert could boost rainfall. More »	Physics' Ted Jacobson Named Distinguished University Professor Jacobson was cited for his work in black hole thermodynamics, the nature of spacetime and gravitational physics. More »


51 Professional-Track Faculty Members Promoted The college promoted eight instructional faculty members and 43 research faculty members. More »	14 Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Members Promoted The college promoted nine faculty members to the rank of professor and five to the rank of associate professor with tenure on July 1. More »

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Wed.

SEPT 26

Science on Tap

Join us for our monthly lecture series at MilkBoy ArtHouse. Biology's Karen Lips will present "The Silence of the Frogs: Emerging Infectious Disease and Amphibian Extinctions." More »

Tues.

OCT 2

Prange Prize Lecture

The lecture "Black Holes and the Structure of Spacetime" will be given by Juan Maldacena of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. More »

Tues.

OCT 9

Shih-I Pai Lecture

The speaker will be 2018 Wolf Prize recipient Charles H. Bennett of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. More »

Fri.

OCT 12

CMNS Ice Cream Social

Come mingle and enjoy ice cream with faculty, staff and students in the atrium of the Chemistry Building at this annual event. More »

Wed.-Thu.

OCT 17-18

Mixed/Augmented/Virtual Reality Innovation Conference (MAVRIC)

Register for this conference to talk about what works in this field, what does not work and the practical potential for immersive media. More »

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