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Unpredictable Food Sources Drive Some Bats to Cooperatively Search for Food

Using miniature sensors strapped to bats, researchers tracked the animals’ locations and calls to determine whether they searched for food alone or with others.

December 13, 2018
Now is Your Chance to See a Comet!

Have you ever wanted to see a comet with your own eyes?

December 11, 2018
Four Seniors in College Honored as 2018 Merrill Presidential Scholars

Danielle Arons, Deirdre Dolan, Somachukwu Umeozulu and Cosette Zacarias honored as four of the university’s most successful seniors.

December 6, 2018
New Machine Learning Method Predicts Additions to Global List of Threatened Plant Species

Researchers created and trained a machine learning algorithm to assign risk probabilities to 150,000 plant species worldwide.

December 3, 2018
Four New Gravitational Wave Events Detected from Black Hole Mergers

UMD physicists contribute to identification of events that now total 10 black hole mergers and one neutron star merger.

December 3, 2018
Saltier Waterways are Creating Dangerous “Chemical Cocktails”

New UMD-led research highlights the need for better regulation and pollution management strategies.

December 3, 2018
Mihai Pop Named Director of the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

Pop is noted for his computational biology research and his advocacy for greater equality in academia.

November 27, 2018
Eight College Faculty Members Named 2018 Highly Cited Researchers

Sankar Das Sarma, Daniel Gruner, Mihai Pop, Ian Spielman, Nathan Swenson, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Chunsheng Wang and Ning Zeng received the honor.

November 27, 2018
From the Marines to Medicine: Meet UMD Undergraduate Colton Treadway

A veteran of the U.S. Marines, Treadway plans to study genetic diseases caused by misfolded proteins after graduation.

November 16, 2018
Chasing Harmful Algal Blooms in the Gulf of Maine with NOAA

Q&A with biological sciences major Jake Schlenoff, who spent 10 days aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster.

November 15, 2018
Middle Eastern Desert Dust on the Tibetan Plateau Could Affect the Indian Summer Monsoon

New atmospheric modeling study could explain the mechanism behind a century-old hypothesis.

November 14, 2018
Meet Kathryn Mann: A Navy “Shellback” Veteran and a Terp

A senior majoring in computer science, Mann is an ambassador for the Maryland Center for Women in Computing.

November 12, 2018