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UMD Hosted Neuroscience Workshop for Local High School Teachers
Workshop taught basic neuroscience concepts and demonstrated hands-on experiments for local high school teachers.
University of Maryland Researchers Identify Genes Linked to “Flesh-eating” Bacterial Infections
Collaboration between the University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, finds two genes involved in invasive, spreading infection underneath skin.
Meghan Murphy (B.S. ’15, Biological Sciences) Awarded Fulbright Fellowship to Botswana
Murphy will study the impact of drug and alcohol use on HIV treatment.
Eight were promoted to the rank of professor and six to associate professor with tenure.
Promotions included 12 instructional faculty members and 54 research faculty members.
New UMD Hyperloop Pod Races Against Rivals this Weekend
Students compete in second SpaceX competition in Hawthorne, California.
Space-based Experiment Will Tackle the Mysteries of Cosmic Rays
ISS-CREAM detector to be installed on International Space Station for at least three years.
Scott Juntti Joins UMD as William J. Higgins Assistant Professor of Biology
Created by alumni to honor their educator and mentor, this is the first endowed professorship in biology.
UMD Quantum Computing Startup IonQ Raises $20 Million Series B Round
Company aims to bring quantum computers to market by late 2018.
Researchers Detect Exoplanet with Glowing Water Atmosphere
Distant “hot Jupiter” has a stratosphere hot enough to boil iron.
Gamma-ray Burst Captured in Unprecedented Detail
UMD-led team uses data from multiple telescopes to address long-standing questions about the universe’s most powerful explosions.
Large, Distant Comets More Common Than Previously Thought
New study suggests there are about seven times more “long-period” comets than predicted.