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UMD’s Scott Wolpert to Lead National Project on DEI in Mathematics and Statistics

The project is supported by a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

August 31, 2023
UMD Lab to Become Major Laser Research Center

The lab led by Physics Professor Howard Milchberg, will receive an annual award for three years to fund laser lab research staff, postdocs and graduate students.

August 29, 2023
Helping Students Find Belonging in Computing Majors

Elias Gonzalez, an alum and current computer science lecturer at UMD, leads inclusive teaching efforts in the department.

August 24, 2023
Falling in Love with Coding

Incoming freshman computer science major Gabrielle Gross learned to code in middle school at the University of Maryland.

August 22, 2023
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