Wilkinson brings a passion for supporting faculty and 30 years of experience at UMD to his new role.
College had 12 programs and specialties ranked in the top 25.
Sullivan's endowed scholarship will support first-generation college students majoring in the life sciences.
A Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Confroy will begin medical school at the Wake Forest School of Medicine in the fall.
Barkeshli joins the list of 39 current faculty members in the college who have received the award.
The couple, who married in 1966, provide need-based scholarships for undergraduates in the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences who are preparing to be K-12 science or math teachers.
James (B.S. '49, physics) and Dorothy (B.S. '51, physics) Baker celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last month.
Christopher Bambic and Yousuf Khan will spend next year completing master’s degrees at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Two UMD astronomers will make key contributions to development of mission selected under NASA’s New Frontiers program.
Amazon rainforest provides a unique natural lab to study the effects of aerosols.