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Jackie Townsend (B.S. ’94, physics) went on a ‘wild ride’ from UMD to project manager for NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission.

Seven faculty members share their book recommendations for summer break.

Unlikely bird keeper Sara Hallager (B.S. ’89, zoology) took flight at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, becoming curator of birds and a devotee to their protection.

UMD chemistry Ph.D. student Laura Garcia Rodriguez aims to know everything she can about proteins ‘because they are everywhere and do almost everything in the body.’

Meet the Science Terps leading UMD’s newest racing team.

Dela Cruz was recognized for her ongoing commitment to ensuring UMD bioscience laboratories receive all the materials they need, one delivery at a time.

Chemistry and Biochemistry Associate Professor Ling Hao is developing cutting-edge analytical chemistry tools to unravel the mysteries of neurodegenerative diseases.

He will be honored for papers that helped shape the modern field of algorithmic economics and online mechanism design.

The team created a framework that can selectively erase unwanted information from an AI model while preserving its overall intelligence and reasoning skills.

As a program administrative specialist, Bonhomme ensures that key functions such as graduate student admissions and recruitment run smoothly. 

A side project on salmon ears led Allison Coffin (Ph.D. '05, biological sciences) to a biomedical sciences career she never expected.

Mathew hopes the scholarship will launch his career as a physician-scientist who develops new cancer treatments.