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Meet Victoria Fitzgerald: Thelma M. Williams Advisor of the Year Award Winner

Nominated by students, the Thelma M. Williams Advisor of the Year Award honors a faculty or staff member who performs the service of advising undergraduate students in the college. 

August 17, 2023
UMD Offers Undergraduate Courses on the Grand Challenge of ‘Global Change’

A new initiative gets students thinking about planetary threats like climate change—and their power to make an impact.

August 17, 2023
Soheil Feizi Receives Prestigious ARO Early Career Program Award

The funding supports efforts to provide a comprehensive and fundamental understanding of provable robustness in dynamic and adaptive learning setups, leading to practically useful methods with theoretical guarantees.

August 16, 2023
Leo Zhicheng Liu Recognized with NSF CAREER Award for Data Visualization Research

Liu's work explores new abstractions, techniques and tools to democratize the creation of interactive data visualizations.

August 15, 2023
UMD Researchers Study the Intricate Processes Underpinning Gene Expression

Their research reveals the dynamics of an ever-moving polymer called chromatin.

August 14, 2023
Quanzhi Ye Awarded 2023 Urey Prize from the American Astronomical Society

He was honored for his contributions to the understanding of small bodies in the inner solar system by exploring the boundary between active and inactive objects.

August 11, 2023
Biological Sciences Ph.D. Student Akshay Patel Unlocks Mysteries of Cell Communications

Patel, who received the Andrew J. Moyer Outstanding Graduate Student Award, plans to pursue a career in the pharma or biotech industry.

August 11, 2023
From Scuba Diver to Auditory Neurocircuitry Researcher

With an NIH graduate fellowship, Rose Ying continues to look for interesting ways to explore the unknown.

August 10, 2023
Chemistry and Biochemistry's Leah Dodson Receives Department of Energy Early Career Award

The $875,000 award will support the development of new tools to advance her alternative fuels research.

August 7, 2023
A Green Transformation in Research Labs, Driven by UMD Student Entrepreneurs

Computer science major Oliver D'Esposito envisions a future where every lab is equipped with efficient power management systems, contributing to a significant reduction in energy waste.

August 3, 2023
New Study Reveals That Tree Species Diversity Increases Spider Density

The link between tree diversity and spider populations can help homeowners and other land managers better plan tree plantings to naturally mitigate the effects of climate change.

July 25, 2023
Black Hole Expert Christopher Reynolds Rejoins UMD’s Department of Astronomy

The renowned astrophysicist will also reprise his role as director of the Joint Space-Science Institute.

July 24, 2023