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Math Professor Chris Laskowski Named Distinguished Scholar-Teacher

Math Professor Chris Laskowski Named Distinguished Scholar-Teacher

Hailed as a ‘leading logician,’ Laskowski has been teaching at the University of Maryland since 1989.

Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Efrain Rodriguez Named 2023-24 Distinguished Scholar-Teacher

Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Efrain Rodriguez Named 2023-24 Distinguished Scholar-Teacher

The materials chemist has been teaching at the University of Maryland for more than a decade.

Chemistry & Biochemistry’s Lai-Xi Wang Named Distinguished University Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry’s Lai-Xi Wang Named Distinguished University Professor

He is known for his pioneering work in synthesizing glycoproteins and glycoengineering antibodies to fight disease.

BioFIRE Welcomes Class of 2027

BioFIRE Welcomes Class of 2027

BioFIRE’s living-learning program hosted welcome activities to kick off the fall semester.

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

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.

UMD Lab to Become Major Laser Research Center

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.

Helping Students Find Belonging in Computing Majors

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.

Falling in Love with Coding

Falling in Love with Coding

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

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

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. 

UMD Offers Undergraduate Courses on the Grand Challenge of ‘Global Change’

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.

Soheil Feizi Receives Prestigious ARO Early Career Program Award

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.

Leo Zhicheng Liu Recognized with NSF CAREER Award for Data Visualization Research

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.