St. Leger had been experimenting with genetically engineered versions that he suspected could be more effective and environmentally sound than chemical pesticides.

Biology Senior Lecturer Maira Goytia revamped her “Anatomy and Physiology I” class to develop in-class application-based activities on how the human body regulates multiple physiological variables after different physical tasks. Mathematics Lecturer Matt Griffin used the grant to enhance digital accessibility of his online resources and to help make the content relevant to his students’ varied interests for his “Elementary Statistics and Probability” class.

Get to know two new Science Terps in the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

Physics Ph.D. student Anna Fitzmaurice develops simulations of solar storms to understand why a rare helium isotope defies expectations during the sun’s most violent events. 

Researchers at the University of Maryland and the University of Pennsylvania are jointly leading efforts to communicate the science and community impacts of ongoing cuts to federal funding for science and medical research.

UMD physics graduate student Aishwarya Vijai spent a month this summer at Summit Station, Greenland, deep inside the Arctic Circle.

The announcement cements a multi-year collaboration that has helped place UMD at the center of a global conversation on quantum science and innovation, and at the heart of the rapidly growing Greater Washington quantum ecosystem.

More than two dozen science communicators convened on campus at UMD for a workshop focused on the fundamentals of quantum science and the subtleties of explaining it.

Rangarajan is one of the students in the first cohort of the University of Maryland’s new B.S.-M.D. program.

The USM Board of Regents has recognized Dr. Anisha Campbell for her Exceptional Contribution as Associate Director for Terrapin Teachers at UMD.