A large audience and a panel of experts at Gravitational Waves event.

2014 Year in Review

/ 23 December 2014 /

A record-setting donation, a rare intermediate black hole, a new Rhodes Scholar, and a race to build the world's first quantum computer: These are just some of the year's top stories from the University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

Click on the images below to read some of the college's top stories from 2014.

2015: A Quantum OdysseyComputer Science Receives $38.7 Million in Gifts“Killer Sperm” Prevents Mating Between Worm SpeciesThree UMD Students Win Goldwater Scholarships, Another Earns Honorable MentionMeteorites Yield Clues to Red Planet’s Early AtmosphereUp, Up and Away: CONTRAST Team Takes to the SkiesPossible Explanation for Human Diseases Caused by Defective RibosomesFascinating Rhythm: Light Pulses Illuminate Rare Black HoleIn Grasslands Remade By Humans, Animals May Protect BiodiversityBiological Sciences Senior Fang Cao Named Rhodes ScholarImage Map

Media Relations Contact: Abby Robinson, 301-405-5845, abbyr@umd.edu

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About the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland educates more than 7,000 future scientific leaders in its undergraduate and graduate programs each year. The college's 10 departments and more than a dozen interdisciplinary research centers foster scientific discovery with annual sponsored research funding exceeding $150 million.

About the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland educates more than 8,000 future scientific leaders in its undergraduate and graduate programs each year. The college's 10 departments and six interdisciplinary research centers foster scientific discovery with annual sponsored research funding exceeding $250 million.