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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
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
He is known for his pioneering work in synthesizing glycoproteins and glycoengineering antibodies to fight disease.
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
The project is supported by a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
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
Elias Gonzalez, an alum and current computer science lecturer at UMD, leads inclusive teaching efforts in the department.
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
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’
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
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
Liu's work explores new abstractions, techniques and tools to democratize the creation of interactive data visualizations.