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Mountaintop Observatory Sees Gamma Rays from Exotic Milky Way Object
Space jets accelerate particles and send a high-energy signal to Earth.
Tropical Frogs Found to Coexist with Deadly Fungus
UMD-led research team observes frog populations persisting in Panamanian forest, a decade after decimation by chytrid fungus.
Professors Jeffery Davis and Anne Simon Named Distinguished Scholar-Teachers
Chemistry and Biochemistry’s Jeffery Davis & Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics’ Anne Simon received the honor.
Project could enable new advanced quantum research and technology and could yield new ways to connect electronic circuits and photonic devices.
Biological Sciences and Computer Science Undergraduates Win Prize for Poster at UTeach Conference
Precious Azike and Joshua Pooranmal won an award for their poster discussing what they learned while teaching and observing a classroom as part of the Terrapin Teachers program.
UMD Astronomy Assistant Professor Eliza Kempton co-authored report that outlines a long-term strategy to explore distant planets that might harbor life.
Biology’s Reid Compton Receives 2018 Kirwan Undergraduate Education Award
Compton was honored for his contributions to the College Park Scholars Life Sciences program.
Physics Professor Peter Shawhan Awarded 2018 Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize
The award recognized Shawhan for his work on gravitational waves and multimessenger astronomy.
10 University of Maryland Faculty Members Win National Science Foundation CAREER Awards
The CAREER awards, which are the NSF’s most prestigious grants for junior faculty, provide five years of financial support.
Award came from the National Science Foundation’s Enabling Discovery through Genomic Tools (EDGE) program.
New funding grows state-matched faculty positions in computer science to six endowed professorships and two endowed chairs.
The college promoted nine faculty members to the rank of professor and five to the rank of associate professor with tenure.