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Incoming freshman computer science major Gabrielle Gross learned to code in middle school at the University of Maryland.
Meet Victoria Fitzgerald: Thelma M. Williams Advisor of the Year Award Winner
Nominated by students, the Thelma M. Williams Advisor of the Year Award honors a faculty or staff member who performs the service of advising undergraduate students in the college.
UMD Offers Undergraduate Courses on the Grand Challenge of ‘Global Change’
A new initiative gets students thinking about planetary threats like climate change—and their power to make an impact.
Soheil Feizi Receives Prestigious ARO Early Career Program Award
The funding supports efforts to provide a comprehensive and fundamental understanding of provable robustness in dynamic and adaptive learning setups, leading to practically useful methods with theoretical guarantees.
Leo Zhicheng Liu Recognized with NSF CAREER Award for Data Visualization Research
Liu's work explores new abstractions, techniques and tools to democratize the creation of interactive data visualizations.
UMD Researchers Study the Intricate Processes Underpinning Gene Expression
Their research reveals the dynamics of an ever-moving polymer called chromatin.
Quanzhi Ye Awarded 2023 Urey Prize from the American Astronomical Society
He was honored for his contributions to the understanding of small bodies in the inner solar system by exploring the boundary between active and inactive objects.
Biological Sciences Ph.D. Student Akshay Patel Unlocks Mysteries of Cell Communications
Patel, who received the Andrew J. Moyer Outstanding Graduate Student Award, plans to pursue a career in the pharma or biotech industry.
From Scuba Diver to Auditory Neurocircuitry Researcher
With an NIH graduate fellowship, Rose Ying continues to look for interesting ways to explore the unknown.
Chemistry and Biochemistry's Leah Dodson Receives Department of Energy Early Career Award
The $875,000 award will support the development of new tools to advance her alternative fuels research.
A Green Transformation in Research Labs, Driven by UMD Student Entrepreneurs
Computer science major Oliver D'Esposito envisions a future where every lab is equipped with efficient power management systems, contributing to a significant reduction in energy waste.
New Study Reveals That Tree Species Diversity Increases Spider Density
The link between tree diversity and spider populations can help homeowners and other land managers better plan tree plantings to naturally mitigate the effects of climate change.