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UMD Computer Scientist Mohammad Hajiaghayi Earns Test of Time Honors

He will be honored for papers that helped shape the modern field of algorithmic economics and online mechanism design.

June 8, 2026
UMD Team Develops Precise ‘Undo Button’ for AI Memory

The team created a framework that can selectively erase unwanted information from an AI model while preserving its overall intelligence and reasoning skills.

June 8, 2026
Val Bonhomme Wins Dean’s Staff Award

As a program administrative specialist, Bonhomme ensures that key functions such as graduate student admissions and recruitment run smoothly. 

June 8, 2026
Listening to What the Fish Say About Hearing Loss

A side project on salmon ears led Allison Coffin (Ph.D. '05, biological sciences) to a biomedical sciences career she never expected.

June 8, 2026
UMD Senior Joshua Mathew Wins 2026 Astronaut Scholarship

Mathew hopes the scholarship will launch his career as a physician-scientist who develops new cancer treatments.

June 5, 2026
Climate Scientist Walks from NYC to DC—and Stops at UMD

The 250-mile, 12-day trek, taken in support of climate and weather science, included a stop in College Park for a discussion with Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Professor Ross Salawitch.

June 4, 2026
Sarah Penniston-Dorland Named Chair of UMD’s Department of Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

She has been on the faculty for more than 20 years and served as director of graduate studies for five years.

June 3, 2026
UMD Leads MURI to Build Smarter Artificial Intelligence

The federally funded research program aims to harness astrocytes—one of the brain’s most overlooked cell types—to create next-generation artificial intelligence systems.

June 3, 2026
T32 Training Grant Renewed for UMD's Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing

The grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders has supported numerous pre- and post-doctoral students over the past 32 years.

June 2, 2026
UMD Computer Science Major Jenny Wang Earns Prestigious NOAA Hollings Scholarship

A high school internship with NOAA sparked Wang's passion for using code to understand climate. 

June 2, 2026
Meet Program Manager Jessica Sadler

Sadler, who manages the Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation (AMSC) graduate program, received a Dean’s Outstanding Employee Award this year. 

June 2, 2026
Congratulations to the College's May 2026 Graduates!

Over 2,200 students from our college graduated in May 2026.

June 1, 2026