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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 Odyssey Computer Science Receives $38.7 Million in Gifts “Killer Sperm” Prevents Mating Between Worm Species Three UMD Students Win Goldwater Scholarships, Another Earns Honorable Mention Meteorites Yield Clues to Red Planet’s Early Atmosphere Up, Up and Away: CONTRAST Team Takes to the Skies Possible Explanation for Human Diseases Caused by Defective Ribosomes Fascinating Rhythm: Light Pulses Illuminate Rare Black Hole In Grasslands Remade By Humans, Animals May Protect Biodiversity Biological Sciences Senior Fang Cao Named Rhodes Scholar Image Map

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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 10,000 future scientific leaders in its undergraduate and graduate programs each year. The college's 10 departments and nine interdisciplinary research centers foster scientific discovery with annual sponsored research funding exceeding $250 million.