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UMD's Department of Biology Launches Quantitative Biology Initiative

UMD's Department of Biology Launches Quantitative Biology Initiative

QBI brings together scientists across diverse disciplines who are united through an interest in using quantitative methods to answer biological questions.

UMD’s Newest Mars Rover Is Out of This World

UMD’s Newest Mars Rover Is Out of This World

UMD Loop hopes to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a podium finish in an international rover competition.

From COVID-19 to ChatGPT: A Statistician's Quest to Improve Survey Statistics

From COVID-19 to ChatGPT: A Statistician's Quest to Improve Survey Statistics

Mathematics graduate student Aditi Sen's research refines survey analysis when few people respond—with sweeping applications. 

AIM Welcomes Five Distinguished Artificial Intelligence Scholars

AIM Welcomes Five Distinguished Artificial Intelligence Scholars

Ilaria Canavotto, Yu Gan, Ritwik Gupta, Yulin Hswen and Swati Srivastava will join the UMD faculty.

UMD’s Math-Musician Chases His Next ‘Beautiful Idea’

UMD’s Math-Musician Chases His Next ‘Beautiful Idea’

Mathematics Assistant Professor Srivatsav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli discusses the surprising link between math, music and paragliding.

$5.1M in NIH Awards Help UMD Researchers Take On a Genomic Data Deluge

$5.1M in NIH Awards Help UMD Researchers Take On a Genomic Data Deluge

The team is building open-source software to better piece together complex genetic data while also conducting the first comprehensive review of how the quality of data in public biological databases impacts the accuracy of computational analyses.

Air Force Veteran Rekindles His Passion for Science at UMD

Air Force Veteran Rekindles His Passion for Science at UMD

Morgan Smith (B.S. ’25, physics) merged his interests in public service and science at Maryland and secured a job at NASA after graduating in December.

Inspired by Innovation

Inspired by Innovation

In the latest chapter of his 35-plus-year career in pharma, Thomas Lake (B.S. ’88, biological sciences) is advancing next-generation biotechnology that aims to take the needle out of vaccinations.

NIH Awards $12.5M for Alzheimer’s Researchers to Use AI to Scour Biobank Data

NIH Awards $12.5M for Alzheimer’s Researchers to Use AI to Scour Biobank Data

UMD computer scientist Heng Huang leads the project’s artificial intelligence and machine learning efforts and plans to build a genomic language model for Alzheimer’s that will drive drug discovery for the disease.

 

New UMD Startup Builds the ‘Picks and Shovels’ for the RNA Revolution

New UMD Startup Builds the ‘Picks and Shovels’ for the RNA Revolution

Emergente’s patented RNAnneal platform predicts shapeshifting RNA structures, addressing a foundational bottleneck across the therapeutics, agriculture and biotechnology manufacturing industries.

Shared Pain, Shared Relief

Shared Pain, Shared Relief

A new University of Maryland-led study reveals that observing others in pain, even digital avatars, can affect how we feel pain ourselves.

UMD Senior Helps Build the Hit Video Game Platform, Roblox

UMD Senior Helps Build the Hit Video Game Platform, Roblox

After a rewarding summer internship in 2025, mathematics major Arianna Maxwell will return to Roblox as a full-time employee in June.