Wendy Loughlin, assistant dean and director of the Health Professions Advising Office at the University of Maryland, sat down with the Association of American Medical Colleges to answer questions collected from applicants at events throughout the year.

The new endowed chairs at UMD will conduct research in Parkinson's disease and data assimilation.

The Brin family’s commitment was matched by a $3.25M award from the state for 2 endowed chairs.

A new UMD-led study provides a blueprint for the next generation of antivenoms—using snakes’ natural molecular defenses against their own deadly venom.

Normally invisible as it whizzes around outer space, this supermassive black hole revealed itself to UMD astronomers by shimmering as it swallowed a star.

Sharp, fleeting temperature boundaries on the ocean’s surface transform the atmosphere in ways not yet captured by climate and weather models.

The awards enable the students to conduct research and present at scientific conferences over the summer.

UMD researchers reconstructed the first-ever timeline of a rare form of methane, exploring whether it could be used to assess future climate progress. 

Sylvain Veilleux and his collaborators will equip a ground-based telescope with the observing power of space telescopes for the first time.