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New Report Recommends a Path for the Future of Maryland’s Clean Energy Economy

Comprehensive report on the future of clean energy innovation in Maryland delivered to Governor Hogan.

December 3, 2019
UMD Astronomers Catch a Natural Comet Outburst in Unprecedented Detail

Data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) reveal start-to-finish sequence of an outburst from comet 46P/Wirtanen.

December 3, 2019
A Week in the Dark Rewires Brain Cell Networks and Changes Hearing in Mice

University of Maryland researchers showed sight deprivation changes how groups of neurons work together and alters their sensitivity to different frequencies.

December 3, 2019
Ellen D. Williams Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

UMD physicist recognized for her scientific contributions to nanotechnology as well as her leadership on technical issues in national security and policy.

November 26, 2019
Two Science Terps Among 2020 Rhodes Scholarship Finalists

Biological sciences major Maïgane Diop and Nipun Kottage (B.S. ’19, biochemistry; B.S. ’19, anthropology) were among the finalists for the world’s most prestigious award for international study.

November 25, 2019
Three Seniors in College Honored as 2019 Merrill Presidential Scholars

Manuella Djomaleu, Jillian Kunze and Nicholas Poniatowski honored as three of the university’s most successful seniors.

November 20, 2019
Five College Faculty Members Named 2019 Highly Cited Researchers

Sankar Das Sarma, Christopher Monroe, Ian Spielman, Dennis vanEngelsdorp and Chunsheng Wang received the honor.

November 18, 2019
Science on Tap Lecture at UMD Explains How Blowing Up Mountains for Coal is “Obliterating Ecosystems”

Distinguished University Professor Margaret A. Palmer argues that the environmental impacts of mountaintop removal cannot be mitigated by simply creating new streams.

November 14, 2019
New Artificial Intelligence System Automatically Evolves to Evade Internet Censorship

Researchers at the University of Maryland developed a new tool based on genetic evolution that automatically learned to evade censorship in China, India and Kazakhstan.

November 13, 2019
Study Reveals How Two Strains of One Bacterium Combine to Cause Flesh-eating Infection

An international team including University of Maryland scientists revealed how genetic variations in a single species of bacteria can amplify infection.

November 11, 2019
Who Goes Farthest? The World’s Longest Wild Animal Terrestrial Migrations And Movements

Global study confirms caribou as longest migrator and reveals even greater distances traveled by animals without regular migratory pattern.

October 25, 2019
Amy Chester to Lead the UMD Science Academy

Chester (B.A. ’05, M.A. ’11) returns to her alma mater to direct new effort that provides graduate STEM programs for working professionals.

October 17, 2019