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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.
Now is Your Chance to See a Comet!
Have you ever wanted to see a comet with your own eyes?
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.
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.
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.
Saltier Waterways are Creating Dangerous “Chemical Cocktails”
New UMD-led research highlights the need for better regulation and pollution management strategies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.