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University of Maryland Physicists Play Essential Role in Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery of High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos

University of Maryland Physicists Play Essential Role in Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery of High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos

They helped design and build the IceCube Neutrino Observatory’s data storage, analysis and real-time alert systems, and they currently play a major role in operating the observatory and analyzing the data.

UMD Biological Sciences Ph.D. Student Wins 2026 Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition

UMD Biological Sciences Ph.D. Student Wins 2026 Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition

The statistical modeling skills Wesley DeMontigny mastered while studying genomics gave him an upper hand.

UMD Computer Scientist Heng Huang Receives Funding to Develop Wearable AI Vitals-Monitoring Device and AI-Enabled Medical Imaging Test Bed

UMD Computer Scientist Heng Huang Receives Funding to Develop Wearable AI Vitals-Monitoring Device and AI-Enabled Medical Imaging Test Bed

The NIH-NSF and FDA projects aim to predict hospital readmissions in high-risk heart failure patients and establish reliable methods for evaluating the safety and performance of AI-enabled medical imaging systems.

Pushing the Boundaries of Therapeutic Possibility

Pushing the Boundaries of Therapeutic Possibility

Biotech executive Krisztina Zsebo (B.S. ’77, biochemistry) has spent more than four decades working at the forefront of therapeutic discovery, bringing life-changing drugs to the patients who need them. 

Building Disney+, ESPN+ and a New SiriusXM

Building Disney+, ESPN+ and a New SiriusXM

Jared Wolinsky (B.S. ’09, computer science) credits his University of Maryland education and the QUEST Honors Program for preparing him for his current role as group vice president of software engineering at SiriusXM.

UMD Alum Hanhee Paik Helps to Shape the Future of Quantum Computing at IBM

UMD Alum Hanhee Paik Helps to Shape the Future of Quantum Computing at IBM

Paik (M.S. ’05, Ph.D. ’07, physics) helps researchers use the company’s increasingly powerful machines to solve challenging problems.

Scientists Use Marsquake Detection Methods to Study Quakes on the Moon

Scientists Use Marsquake Detection Methods to Study Quakes on the Moon

UMD geophysicist Nicholas Schmerr helped adapt a technique built to track marsquakes for NASA’s InSight mission, turning it on the moon.

UMD Biochemistry Ph.D. Students Explore the Depths of the Microbiome

UMD Biochemistry Ph.D. Students Explore the Depths of the Microbiome

Saúl Flores and Holly Hemesath are participating in the University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Microbiome Sciences’ seven-month student fellowship program.

Study Foresees Heightened Measles Epidemic Risk for Florida

Study Foresees Heightened Measles Epidemic Risk for Florida

UMD mathematicians predict the dramatic impact of a proposal to repeal Florida’s measles vaccine mandate.

Building Better AI for Chemistry

Building Better AI for Chemistry

A U.S. National Science Foundation workshop hosted by the University of Maryland began charting a roadmap for developing chemistry-specific artificial intelligence tools to advance scientific research and discovery.

Watch, Warning or Just Weather? A UMD Meteorologist Decodes Alerts on Your Phone

Watch, Warning or Just Weather? A UMD Meteorologist Decodes Alerts on Your Phone

UMD lightning researcher and former National Weather Service forecaster Joseph Patton breaks down hazardous weather alerts and what they mean.

Tracing the Evolution of Snake Venom

Tracing the Evolution of Snake Venom

Once (or twice) bitten, biological sciences Ph.D. student Jory van Thiel pieces together the genetics of one of nature’s deadliest concoctions.