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UMD-led Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology Signs $178M Cooperative Agreement to Continue Partnership with NASA Through 2027

CRESST II will continue to foster research collaborations between NASA Goddard and partner institutions, including UMD.

May 11, 2021
JQI Researchers Generate Tunable Twin Particles of Light
Researchers develop a new method for generating entangled photons that enter a chip as distinct particles of light and leave it as identical twins.
May 10, 2021
Congratulations to the College's Spring 2021 Candidates for Graduation!

The college will confer degrees to over 1600 students during the Spring Commencement Ceremony.

May 7, 2021
College Announces 2021 Employee Award Recipients

The University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) announced its 2021 employee award recipients on May 4, 2021. Congratulations to all!

May 3, 2021
Physics' Alessandra Buonanno Elected to National Academy of Sciences

She was one of 59 women elected to the NAS this year, the most in the academy’s history.

May 3, 2021
Two (Photons) is Company, Three’s a Crowd

UMD researchers created tailored interactions between photons, which could help in developing light-based quantum technologies.

April 27, 2021
Astronomy Ph.D. Student Awarded Prestigious NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship

UMD’s Rebecca Levy was selected for one of the National Science Foundation's Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships this year.

April 23, 2021
College Innovator Receives 2021 Invention of the Year Award

Researchers from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Department of Computer Science were among this year’s finalists.

April 22, 2021
NASA’s NICER Probes the ‘Squeezability’ of Neutron Stars

New measurements force scientists to reconsider models of neutron star cores.

April 19, 2021
Road Salts and Other Human Sources Are Threatening World’s Freshwater Supplies

UMD-led study warns cascading effects of salts require coordinated management and regulation to avoid contaminating natural resources.

April 12, 2021
Maryland Day 2021 Goes Virtual with "Fun Science for Kids" Show

Make a lava lamp, your microbiome, and Oobleck slime. Also, scientists will talk about the cicada bugs that are coming this summer, astronomy, and fossils.

April 6, 2021
 Najib El-Sayed to Direct New BBI Advanced Genomic Technologies Core

The state-of-the-art core will feature single-cell genomic technologies for applications in the nervous and immune systems as well as cancer.

April 1, 2021