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The Department of Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences better reflects the unit’s interdisciplinary nature.

Boyd-Graber would not have recommended using chatbots for anything four years ago, but says that huge advancements have been made in the last few years. 

Congratulations to the almost 4,200 Fall 2025 semester Dean's List awardees from the University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

Kato, a website developed by a team of University of Maryland students and launched in November, gives peers a way to quickly get up-to-date prices for 17 local apartment buildings, compare floor plans and amenities, compare distances to major campus landmarks, and see historic price trends and reviews.

They fell in love at UMD more than 55 years ago. Marc (B.S. ’70, zoology) and Carel (B.S. ’70, microbiology) Slatkoff are still on the move and making memories.

To investigate how prenatal Zika virus infection affects fetal brain development, Team VIRAL is testing whether targeting cellular pathways like autophagy and the lysosome—with treatments such as metformin—can reduce Zika-related neurological damage before birth.

The University of Maryland’s expanding investment in high-impact research—work that improves lives in communities across the state, nation and world—helped propel it to No. 14 among all U.S. institutions and No. 9 among public institutions in the most widely recognized benchmark for sponsored research activity. 

CMNS is a college where pioneers, scholars and innovators learn, collaborate and innovate to build a better future.

Postdoc Jaron Shrock’s (Ph.D. ’23, physics) research transforms gigantic particle accelerators into compact devices, opening doors for medical imaging, manufacturing and more.

As Mathematics Professor Dan Cristofaro-Gardiner prepares for one of his field’s biggest stages this summer, his recent string of honors reflects a career built on curiosity, collaboration and surprising connections. 

Inspired by a college internship, Russell Schwartz (B.S. ’22, mathematics; B.S. ’22, computer science) is taking his passion for mathematics all the way to the moon.

A new nationwide study is recruiting volunteers to map the full spectrum of human flatulence.