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Joshua Weitz Joins UMD’s Department of Biology as the Clark Leadership Chair in Data Analytics
Weitz will continue to explore how viruses impact human and environmental health.
As chair, Nigam launched the Maryland Mesonet, reinvigorated the Maryland State Climatologist Office, and made the department future-ready by hiring promising faculty with machine learning expertise.
Congratulations to the college's 2,400+ Spring 2023 Dean's List awardees.
Scientists Find First Evidence of Gravitational Waves at Extremely Low Frequencies
UMD astronomer Elizabeth Ferrara was part of a 15-year collaboration that used radio telescopes to tune into the hum of the cosmos.
International Lightning Safety Day: ‘When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors’
UMD postdoc Daile Zhang shares her fascination with lightning and tips on how to stay safe during a storm.
Entomology Alum Finds Her ‘Repurpose’
Krisztina Christmon works to protect farmers and reduce plastic waste through her startup, Repurpose Farm Plastic LLC.
Alum Tamara “Tammy” Kolda (M.A. ’95, Ph.D. ’97, applied mathematics) leads a poster project to explain how math ‘saves the day’ and improves our daily lives.
UMD mathematicians teach math classes inside a Washington, D.C. correctional facility.
UMD Receives Reboot Representation Funding to Reset Tech Culture
The $500,000 award aims to increase the number of Black, Latina and Native American women receiving undergraduate computing degrees at UMD.
From Slime to Space Instruments and Solar Panels
Junior Shannon Ganley is an aspiring astrochemist ready to take on the grand challenges of tomorrow.
Mobile Math: Connecting Students to STEM Through Sports
As part of his Grand Challenges project, Yanir Rubinstein will transport his sports analytics lab to local schools and show students the relevance of STEM to their everyday lives.
Astronomers Discover Supernova Explosion Through Rare ‘Cosmic Magnifying Glasses’
Researchers gain insight into how the universe is expanding thanks to gravitational lensing, a natural phenomenon that warps space around galaxies and visually magnifies celestial objects.