The Barry Prize honors scholars who have “made outstanding contributions to humanity’s knowledge, appreciation, and cultivation of the good, the true, and the beautiful.”

The researchers will investigate how to accurately measure organic compounds of ocean worlds from space and determine whether they are indicators of life or habitability.

UMD Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Lyle Isaacs and his team developed “molecular containers” that can trap anesthetic drugs and flush them from the body, speeding up patient recovery and improving hospital efficiency.

Physics Professor Maissam Barkeshli’s background in studying emergent collective phenomena will guide his approach to investigating mechanisms underlying AI and machine learning. 

As a research scientist at Colgate-Palmolive, Hakeem Henry (Ph.D. ’21, chemistry) develops unique formulations for the personal care products millions of people use every day. 

UMD Computer Science Lecturer Matthew Nolan brings his experiences in music, art, computing and game design to the Immersive Media Design program.

The Computing Catalyst sponsored 31 University of Maryland students to attend the conference in Chicago.

Tom Flores (B.S. ’92, biochemistry) teaches the art and science of thousands-years-old craft.

This year’s event featured more than 30 workshops and 11 sponsor booths, with sessions covering topics such as Principles of Prosthetics Design, Community Building: Imposter Syndrome and Quantum Computing 101: An Intro to Quantum Computing.

Alum Brendan Iribe received the President’s Award, Kevin J. Tu (B.S. '23, biological sciences; B.S. '23, economics) received the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award and Distinguished University Professor Rita R. Colwell received the Spirit of Maryland Award.