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Rance Cleaveland Returns to UMD After Serving as NSF Division Director

UMD Computer Science's Rance Cleaveland spent the last four years as director of the National Science Foundation’s Division of Computing and Communications Foundations (CCF). 

October 10, 2022
Urban Trees Rooted in Redlining and Environmental Injustice

Neighborhood street trees in Baltimore tell a tale of both historical racial discrimination and modern reparation, according to new UMD-led study.

October 5, 2022
UMD Biologist Contributes to 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine Research

Philip Johnson played a key role in Svante Pääbo’s research on the Neanderthal genome.

October 5, 2022
Celebrating Eight Years of Technica: Annual Hackathon Returns Oct. 15-16

UMD computer science major Genevieve Sampson shares thoughts on her first Technica and her current role as co-executive director of the world’s biggest hackathon for underrepresented genders.

October 4, 2022
Cracking Cold Cases and Taking DNA Technology to the Next Level

Steven Armentrout (Ph.D. ’94, computer science) and his company Parabon NanoLabs are creating breakthrough products in forensics and nanotechnology.

October 2, 2022
Malaria Spike Linked to Amphibian Die-off

At the spike’s peak, up to 1 person per 1,000 annually contracted malaria that normally would not have had the amphibian die-off not occurred.

September 29, 2022
Alumni Climate Crusaders

Learn how our alumni are fighting for a better future.

September 27, 2022
Choosing Trees to Cool Cities Wisely

Karin Burghardt studies how cities can select the right trees to plant as part of their strategy to adapt to climate change.

September 27, 2022
Balancing the Climate Budget

Zhanqing Li says you have to know where all the energy goes.

September 27, 2022
Predicting Droughts from Space

Kimberly Slinski can’t stop droughts from happening, but she can see them coming.

September 27, 2022
UMD’s Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center Awarded NASA Funding Renewal

The new five-year, $95 million cooperative agreement supports research, teaching and career training in Earth system science.

September 26, 2022
Newly Formed Craters Located on Mars by UMD Geologist and NASA InSight Team

Craters discovered by UMD geophysicist Nicholas Schmerr and his team hold interesting clues about the planet's atmosphere and interior, including how it formed and evolved over time.

September 19, 2022