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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
Astronomers Find Pairs of Black Holes at the Centers of Merging Galaxies

Observations reveal early stages of black hole mergers during final stages of galaxy coalescence.

November 7, 2018
UMD’s Christopher Jarzynski Awarded American Physical Society’s Lars Onsager Prize

Jarzynski was honored for outstanding research in theoretical statistical physics.

November 6, 2018
UMD’s Raman Sundrum Awarded American Physical Society’s J.J. Sakurai Prize

Sundrum was honored for a model proposing that a warped extra dimension exists in the universe, which solves a longstanding problem in theoretical particle physics.

November 6, 2018
New Method Peeks Inside the “Black Box” of Artificial Intelligence

UMD researchers help explain why machine learning algorithms sometimes generate nonsensical answers.

November 2, 2018
Astronomy’s Erin Kara Awarded Inaugural Neil Gehrels Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship

Previously known as the Joint Space-Science Institute (JSI) Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship, the fellowship was renamed in honor of JSI founding member Neil Gehrels (1952–2017).

October 31, 2018
A Prolific Legacy: Biology’s Arthur Popper Publishes 67th Book in Auditory Research Series

Popper, who retired in 2014, remains involved in research on hearing and on the effects of man-made sound on marine life.

October 26, 2018
College Welcomes 19 New Faculty Members this Fall

The faculty members joined nine departments in the college.

October 25, 2018
NASA’s Fermi Mission Energizes the Sky with Gamma-ray Constellations

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope celebrates 10 years of observations with a map of 21 constellations connecting known gamma-ray sources.

October 18, 2018
‘Pulsar in a Box’ Reveals Surprising Picture of a Neutron Star’s Surroundings

Simulation reveals particle behaviors that may help explain how neutron stars emit gamma-ray and radio pulses.

October 18, 2018
All in the Family: Kin of Gravitational Wave Source Discovered

New observations suggest that kilonovae—immense cosmic explosions that produce silver, gold and platinum—may be more common than thought.

October 15, 2018
Mountaintop Observatory Sees Gamma Rays from Exotic Milky Way Object

Space jets accelerate particles and send a high-energy signal to Earth.

October 3, 2018