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Physics’ Sankar Das Sarma and Richard Greene Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The Distinguished University Professors were honored for their research exploring the foundations of quantum science. Read More » |
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Kara Hoffman Named Chair of UMD’s Department of Physics
She has been on the faculty for 22 years and previously served as associate chair for undergraduate education for four years. Read More » |
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College Celebrates 2026 Employee Award Recipients
This year's awardees were selected from a pool of hundreds of nominations from the Science Terp community. Read More » |
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Changing Healthcare Technology, Changing Lives
As undergraduate commencement speaker, Andy Balo (B.S. ’70, microbiology) will share how a passion for science, innovation and impact shaped his 53-year career in healthcare technology Read More » |
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Leading Data Science Initiatives, People and Health Research into the Future
NIH data strategy czar Susan Gregurick (Ph.D. ’95, chemistry) brings her science success story to UMD as doctoral commencement speaker. Read More » |
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22 Science Terps Awarded 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
Since 2014, 174 current students and recent alums from CMNS have been awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. Read More » |
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UMD BioFIRE Student Becomes Program’s First Doctoral Graduate
Jinyi “Cornelia” Zhu (B.S. ’19, public health science; Ph.D. ’26, biological sciences) came to Maryland for the weather and leaves with gratitude for the freshman research program that started it all. Read More » |
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Creative Chemistry Class Inspires Undergrads and Local Elementary School Students
A hands-on UMD course gives undergraduates the opportunity to share the magic of chemistry with third graders in Prince George's County. Read More » |
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Birding Class Takes Flight at UMD
Recently dubbed the “hot-girl hobby of the year,” a new birding course at UMD filled up within minutes of enrollment opening. Read More » |
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Got a Sick Plant? Take it to UMD’s Plant Hospital
Inside UMD's Plant Diagnostics Lab, botanical medical mysteries meet scientific detective work. Read More » |
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Indian Niño Drove Record Heat in 2023 and 2024, New UMD Study Finds
It’s the first time this Indian Ocean climate pattern has been connected to the recent years’ unusually high temperatures. Read More » |
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In The News
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When Ph.D. Supervisors Get It Right, Featuring Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics’ Margaret Scull and Ph.D. Student Maria Corkran [Nature]
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Spotted Lanternfly Season is Back, According to Entomology's Mike Raupp [FOX 5 DC] |
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Biology’s Ricardo Arenada Found That Your Internal Signal to Stop Eating is More Complex Than Previously Thought [U.S. News] |
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Events |
FRI
MAY
29
Science Academy Application Deadline
Apply to our college’s non-thesis M.S. programs in applied machine learning, artificial intelligence, bioinformatics and computational biology, data science, and quantum computing for fall admission. LEARN MORE »
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JUN
6
Terp Academy
Step back on campus and relive your college days with Terp Academy, a one-day experience featuring unique behind-the-scenes access, hands-on classes, andengaging lectures led by Maryland faculty and experts. Astronomy’s Marvin Jones will be presenting on “Is Anyone out there?” and a tour of the Bee Lab is available.
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