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Speakers Announced for College’s 2025 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony
Arthur Co-Founder and CEO Adam Wenchel (B.S. '99, computer science) will be the keynote speaker, and Jade LeSchack (B.S. ’25, physics; B.S. '25, mathematics) will be the student speaker. READ MORE » |
Speakers Announced for College’s 2025 Graduate Commencement Ceremony
DataRobot CEO Debanjan Saha (M.S. '93, Ph.D. '95, computer science) will be the keynote speaker, and Gabriel Grell (M.S. ’20, Ph.D. ’24, astronomy) and Teddy Thomas (M.S. ’25, data science) will be the student speakers. READ MORE » |
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Five Science Terps Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
The fellowships recognize outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. READ MORE » |
Computer Science Major Bhavika Buddi Awarded Hollings Scholarship
Awardees receive up to $19,000 and a paid 10-week internship with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. READ MORE » |
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Junior Dhruvak Mirani Awarded Truman Scholarship
Mirani, a computer science and government and politics dual-degree student, is the 11th UMD student to earn the honor. READ MORE » |
Building Sustainability by Serving the Community
From rescuing dining hall leftovers to researching plant viruses, junior biological sciences major Kyle Zibell tackles waste on multiple fronts for a more sustainable future. READ MORE » |
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Lifts Veil on Common but Mysterious Type of Exoplanet
UMD astronomers caught a rare glimpse of the atmosphere of a sub-Neptune, a type of exoplanet often obscured by haze and clouds. READ MORE » |
Geology’s Val Finlayson Solves One of Earth’s Ancient Volcanic Mysteries
A new study traces a 120-million-year-old “super-eruption” to its source, offering new insights into Earth’s complex geological history. READ MORE » |
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Leslie Pick Named College’s Associate Dean for Graduate Education
Pick previously chaired the Department of Entomology for over a decade and has been a faculty member at UMD since 2003. READ MORE » |
Undergrad Observes Rare Eclipsing Event Between Faraway Asteroids
Junior astronomy and anthropology dual-degree student Oliver O’Brien helped analyze two eclipsing asteroids that may contain the history of our solar system’s birth. READ MORE » |
