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    UMD Senior Joshua Mathew Wins 2026 Astronaut Scholarship
    05 June 2026

    Mathew hopes the scholarship will launch his career as a physician-scientist who develops new cancer treatments.

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    Climate Scientist Walks from NYC to DC—and Stops at UMD
    04 June 2026

    The 250-mile, 12-day trek, taken in support of climate and weather science, included a stop in College Park for a discussion with Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Professor Ross Salawitch.

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    Sarah Penniston-Dorland Named Chair of UMD’s Department of Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
    03 June 2026

    She has been on the faculty for more than 20 years and served as director of graduate studies for five years.

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    UMD Leads MURI to Build Smarter Artificial Intelligence
    03 June 2026

    The federally funded research program aims to harness astrocytes—one of the brain’s most overlooked cell types—to create next-generation artificial intelligence systems

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    T32 Training Grant Renewed for UMD's Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing
    02 June 2026

    The grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders has supported numerous pre- and post-doctoral students over the past 32 years.

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    UMD Computer Science Major Jenny Wang Earns Prestigious NOAA Hollings Scholarship
    02 June 2026

    A high school internship with NOAA sparked Wang's passion for using code to understand climate. 

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    Meet Program Manager Jessica Sadler
    02 June 2026

    Sadler, who manages the Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation (AMSC) graduate program, received a Dean’s Outstanding Employee Award this year. 

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    UMD Senior’s Children’s Book Honors her Sister with Autism
    29 May 2026

    Seti Ouelega’s close bond with her sister, Meghan, inspired her to study neuroscience and write a children’s book to spread autism awareness.

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    UMD's Quantitative Biology Initiative Announces Inaugural Postdoctoral Fellow Cohort
    28 May 2026

    Spencer Hobson-Gutierrez, Julie Pourtois and James Richardson will work with QBI faculty, staff and students for three years to address critical issues in the life sciences using quantitative approaches.

  • Two researchers work on a computer in a dimply lit room. One older man wears a checkered red button-down shirt, while a younger man wears a maroon hoodie. Both wear glasses. In front of them are beakers and flasks illuminated in blue light.
    Concocting Chemicals to Fight Drug Overdose
    27 May 2026

    When chemistry Ph.D. candidate Manny Bazan-Bergamino isn’t playing his clarinet, you can find him developing “molecular containers” that flush drugs out of the body.

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