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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
UMD BioFIRE Student Becomes Program’s First Doctoral Graduate
Jinyi “Cornelia” Zhu came to Maryland for the weather. She leaves with a B.S. in public health science, a Ph.D. in biological sciences, and gratitude for the freshman science program that started it all.
To Rid Body of Asthma and COPD, UMD Researchers Hack Into Mucus Protein
If successful, the research could lead to therapeutics that wipe out asthma, COPD and even COVID.
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.
Biomolecular NMR Facility Gets Upgrade in UMD’s New Chemistry Building
The space is an “otherworldly gift,” providing researchers with expertise and instrumentation to study biologically relevant molecules.
Volcanic Rocks Reveal Earth’s Earliest Chemical Secrets
UMD researchers find evidence that deep pockets of primordial material remained undisturbed within Earth’s mantle for billions of years.
On the Case of the Thieving Nudibranchs
As an investigator at the American Museum of Natural History, UMD alum Jessica Goodheart (Ph.D. ’17, biological sciences) seeks to solve how sea slugs steal to survive.
Exploring the Birds That Never Were
Biological sciences doctoral student Stephanie Chia uses informatics to determine why some animal forms fail to arise.
Decoding Giant Honey Bee Defense
UMD biological sciences Ph.D. student Gayatri Anand develops mathematical models to understand how hundreds of giant honey bees ‘shimmer’ in perfect synchrony to protect their hive.
3 Science Terp Projects Awarded Do Good Campus Fund Grants
Projects developed by staff members and graduate students in the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences received funding to create positive social change.
Learning to Speak 'Plant' in a Changing Environment
Biological sciences Ph.D. candidate Eeshita Ghosh gets to the root(s) of how plants respond on the cellular level to environmental change, asking how key proteins regulate the calcium signals that sound the alarm.
UMD Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Major Allison Fenley Awarded 2026 Hollings Scholarship
Fenley monitors weather conditions around campus and is pursuing a career engineering new meteorological sensors.