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  • Lessons in Resilience from a Primitive Plant
    18 July 2025

    Biological sciences Ph.D. candidate Priyanka Bharadwaj studies an ancient plant that may hold the key to understanding how plants can adapt to and survive extreme conditions. 

  • From Functions to Firmware
    16 July 2025

    Senior mathematics and computer science double major Alex Yelovich’s passion for numbers helped him thrive in UMD’s Math and Robotics clubs.

  • Claire Bolster. Image courtesy of same.
    Flippers, Fins and Terrapins
    16 July 2025

    How Claire Bolster’s (B.S. ’20, biological sciences) fascination with biology, marine animals and ecosystems launched her dream career in marine science at Mystic Aquarium.

  • UMD Junior Awarded Prestigious Astronaut Scholarship
    15 July 2025

    Mathematics and chemistry dual-degree student Benjamin Raufman’s journey from high school lab work to national recognition highlights the power of early research experience. 

  • Headshot of Gretchen Campbell
    University of Maryland Appoints Renowned Physicist to Lead Quantum Research and Education
    14 July 2025

    The newly created associate vice president role will oversee UMD's expanding quantum enterprise.

  • Andrew Smith. Photo courtesy of same.
    Growing Organically
    14 July 2025

    How science and a family tradition of farming helped Andrew Smith (M.S. ’02, entomology) see organics in agriculture’s future.

  • This diagram shows the trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through the solar system. It will make its closest approach to the Sun in October.
    Zwicky Transient Facility Nabs an Interstellar Visitor
    11 July 2025

    UMD astronomer Quanzhi Ye used observations from the survey camera to help pinpoint the object's path through the solar system.

  • UMD Biologist Helps Bring Ancient DNA to Life with Emmy-Winning Documentary
    11 July 2025

    Distinguished University Professor Sean B. Carroll won his third Emmy for a documentary that follows a researcher’s 15-year quest to unlock DNA older than anything ever sequenced before.

  • Claire Quinn. Photo courtesy of same
    Adventures in the Animal Kingdom
    09 July 2025

    Claire Quinn’s (B.S. ’15, biological sciences) mission to share her passion for biology and conservation takes her to the largest theme park on the planet.

  • Permafrost thaw bogs in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
    What Can Wetlands Tell Us About Methane Emissions?
    08 July 2025

    When people think about methane, a potent greenhouse gas highly efficient at trapping heat in our atmosphere, they often picture industrial smokestacks, oil rigs, or livestock. But one of the primary and least understood sources of methane isn’t industrial—it’s natural.

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