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UMD Researchers Uncover Privacy Risks in Cellphones Purchased at Police Auctions
Their two-year study found that 27% of the phones they successfully bid on contained personal data like social security numbers, credit card and banking information, passport data, pictures of driver’s licenses, and more.
Maura Belliveau Joins UMD as Assistant Dean for Diversity and Strategic Initiatives
Belliveau brings decades of experience to the role, most recently serving as director of the University at Buffalo’s Center for Diversity Innovation and Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program.
2023 Faculty Promotions Announced by UMD’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Twenty tenured/tenure-track faculty members and 10 instructional faculty members were promoted, effective summer 2023. An additional faculty member was named Distinguished University Professor—the highest academic honor bestowed by the university.
Since becoming dean in 2018, he has fostered excellence in the teaching, scholarship and service activities in the college.
UMD Students Build Micronet to Bring Hyperlocal Weather Reports to Campus
Three campus weather stations are up and running, with plans to install seven more.
UMD Computer Science Major Creates AI Tutor to Simplify Classwork
Thai Cao’s Mindgrasp startup turns dense lectures into digestible notes for busy college students.
Senior Sadia Nourin Pledges to Fight Censorship with Internet Society Pulse Research Fellowship
Her research proposal was selected from 82 submissions submitted from 35 countries.
UMD Researchers Studying Potential Benefits of Carbon Capture Technology
A research team led by Atmospheric & Oceanic Science’s Timothy Canty is working to forecast the effects of carbon dioxide capture technology on air quality and human health.
Six faculty members share their favorite books—both old and new.
Doron Levy Reappointed as Chair of UMD’s Department of Mathematics for Five-year Term
As chair, Levy launched the Brin Mathematics Research Center, expanded undergraduate and graduate program offerings, and hired 22 new faculty members.
Joshua Weitz Joins UMD’s Department of Biology as the Clark Leadership Chair in Data Analytics
Weitz will continue to explore how viruses impact human and environmental health.
As chair, Nigam launched the Maryland Mesonet, reinvigorated the Maryland State Climatologist Office, and made the department future-ready by hiring promising faculty with machine learning expertise.