CMNS Receives Two Graduate Program Mentoring Excellence Awards

/ 14 May 2026 /

Two graduate programs in the University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences received 2025-26 Graduate Program Mentoring Excellence Awards: the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and the Biological Sciences Graduate Program.

The Graduate Program Mentoring Excellence Award recognizes graduate programs that make mentoring a core program responsibility by building a culture of high-quality, inclusive, and accountable mentoring. The award seeks to spotlight programs that use evidence-based, equitable, responsive and sustainable mentoring practices, and that use measurable outcomes to support graduate students’ success and belonging, while preparing them for diverse career pathways.

The award includes $1,000 for the unit to support mentoring activities.

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 seven interdisciplinary research centers foster scientific discovery with annual sponsored research funding exceeding $250 million.