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Computer science major Oluwatoyin Olaniyi received a ‘life-changing’ scholarship from Brenda Fonseca (B.A. ’75, French).

Reutt-Robey and her husband are providing flexible support to a faculty member with an exemplary research record and commitment to mentoring graduate students.

$7.5 million award funds six universities’ exploration of new ways to accelerate particles, generate radiation and guide light through air.

As program scientist and manager for NASA’s Earth Modeling Nexus, Argyro Kavvada (M.S. ’13, Ph.D. ’14, atmospheric and oceanic science) is helping create a more unified understanding of Earth.

Astronomy’s Suvi Gezari works on UVEX, which will survey the entire sky in the ultraviolet and provide detailed glimpses into the universe’s most energetic explosions.

Findings from a real-time brain wave study could help virtual and augmented reality designers detect and reduce dizziness, nausea and other symptoms.

A joint UMD-University of Exeter study shows how collective movement enables viruses to persist with migrating bacterial colonies while minimizing the risk of either complete viral takeover or bacterial escape.

Phil Crosby (B.S. ’06, computer science; B.A. ’06, economics) made his lifelong tech startup dream a reality as co-founder of the mobile advertising platform Liftoff.

Biochemistry major Suchitra Arun spends her days decoding plant and human diseases and her nights leading a community of heavy metal music fans.

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Professor Ning Zeng improves commercially available atmospheric sensors to collect actionable, research-grade environmental data.

For Jacqueline Deprey, a personal loss and a passion for problem-solving inspired Perpetua, a digital toolkit designed to simplify estate settlement.

Pratyush Tiwary is a member of an ARPA-H consortium led by Georgetown and the Buck Institute that was awarded up to $51.7 million to study misfolding proteins implicated in neurodegenerative diseases and cancer.