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Grand Challenges: The Climate Resilience Network

The scientists of the Climate Resilience Network, funded by UMD’s Grand Challenges Grants Program, work with state and federal agencies to protect Marylanders and their livelihoods.

April 22, 2026
UMD Framework Used to Test Safety of Meta’s New AI Model

PropensityBench measures a model’s propensity to choose high-risk actions when given simulated access to them, whether that means overriding an industrial safety warning or hacking a competitor’s network.

April 22, 2026
Got a Sick Plant? Take it to UMD’s Plant Hospital

Inside UMD's Plant Diagnostics Lab, botanical medical mysteries meet scientific detective work

April 21, 2026
UMD BioFIRE Student Becomes Program’s First Doctoral Graduate

Jinyi “Cornelia” Zhu came to Maryland for the weather. She leaves with a B.S. in public health science, a Ph.D. in biological sciences, and gratitude for the freshman science program that started it all.

April 20, 2026
To Rid Body of Asthma and COPD, UMD Researchers Hack Into Mucus Protein

If successful, the research could lead to therapeutics that wipe out asthma, COPD and even COVID. 

April 20, 2026
22 Science Terps Awarded 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

Since 2014, 174 current students and recent alums from CMNS have been awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. 

April 20, 2026
Biomolecular NMR Facility Gets Upgrade in UMD’s New Chemistry Building

The space is an “otherworldly gift,” providing researchers with expertise and instrumentation to study biologically relevant molecules.

April 17, 2026
Volcanic Rocks Reveal Earth’s Earliest Chemical Secrets

UMD researchers find evidence that deep pockets of primordial material remained undisturbed within Earth’s mantle for billions of years.

April 17, 2026
On the Case of the Thieving Nudibranchs

As an investigator at the American Museum of Natural History, UMD alum Jessica Goodheart (Ph.D. ’17, biological sciences) seeks to solve how sea slugs steal to survive.

April 16, 2026
Exploring the Birds That Never Were

Biological sciences doctoral student Stephanie Chia uses informatics to determine why some animal forms fail to arise.

April 15, 2026
Decoding Giant Honey Bee Defense

UMD biological sciences Ph.D. student Gayatri Anand develops mathematical models to understand how hundreds of giant honey bees ‘shimmer’ in perfect synchrony to protect their hive. 

April 15, 2026
3 Science Terp Projects Awarded Do Good Campus Fund Grants

Projects developed by staff members and graduate students in the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences received funding to create positive social change. 

April 15, 2026