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Speakers Announced for College’s 2023 Graduate Commencement Ceremony

National Zoo Director Brandie Smith (Ph.D. ’10, behavior, ecology, evolution and systematics) will be the keynote speaker; Kayla Davie (Ph.D. ’23, applied mathematics & statistics, and scientific computation) and Isha Angadi (B.S. ’21, computer science; M.P.S. ’22, data science and analytics) will be the student speakers.

May 3, 2023
College’s Graduate Programs Earn High U.S. News Rankings

Eleven programs and specialties in the college earned top-25 accolades in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Graduate Schools lists released today.

April 25, 2023
Scientists Detect Seismic Waves Traveling Through Martian Core for the First Time

New NASA InSight research reveals that Mars has a liquid core rich in sulfur and oxygen, leading to new clues about how terrestrial planets form, evolve and potentially sustain life.

April 24, 2023
Computer Science Alums Craig and Sharon Stanfill Give Back To ‘Foundational’ Department

The Stanfills named a classroom in the Brendan Iribe Center and made a $3 million estate gift to establish an endowed chair in enterprise computing.

April 20, 2023
Wendell Hill Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

His election brings the number of faculty in the college who are members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to 16.

April 20, 2023
College Announces 2023 Employee Award Recipients

The award winners will be celebrated on April 21, 2023, at the college's Academic Awards Festival.

April 17, 2023
Startup Star to Speak at 2023 CMNS Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony

Zeki Mokhtarzada (B.S. ’01, computer science and mathematics) and his brothers built two successful tech ventures and launched a startup incubator at UMD.

April 13, 2023
Rhinos, Tigers and a Screaming Hairy Armadillo Named Sherman

National Zoo Director Brandie Smith (Ph.D. ’10) brings her animal adventures to UMD as 2023 CMNS Graduate Commencement Ceremony speaker.

April 11, 2023
UMD Scientist Setting Sail on Pacific Ocean Expedition

Atmospheric & Oceanic Science Assistant Professor Jacob Wenegrat will help collect data on important ocean processes.

April 6, 2023
Eighteen Science Terps Awarded 2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

The college’s 18 awardees include seven current graduate students, three current undergraduates and eight recent alums.

April 4, 2023
Science Terp Deven Bowman Named 2023 Goldwater Scholar

UMD’s 49 scholarships in the past 15 years rank No. 1 in the nation.

April 3, 2023
Creative Solutions with Computer Science

Math and computer science dual-degree junior Andrew Yuan loves building things from mobile apps to extended reality software.

March 31, 2023