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The Sahara Desert is Expanding

New UMD study finds that the world’s largest desert grew by 10 percent since 1920, due in part to climate change.

March 29, 2018
Meet Lillian Sun, a Biological Sciences and Economics Undergraduate

Sun conducts cancer therapy research and founded a club to support immigrant and refugee families.

March 29, 2018
Gerald Wilkinson Named Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in UMD’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

Wilkinson brings a passion for supporting faculty and 30 years of experience at UMD to his new role.

March 27, 2018
College's Graduate Programs Highly Ranked by U.S. News & World Report

College had 12 programs and specialties ranked in the top 25.

March 23, 2018
Alumna Cheryl Gibson Sullivan Gives Back to Terp Students in Need

Sullivan's endowed scholarship will support first-generation college students majoring in the life sciences.

March 5, 2018
Senior Biological Sciences Major Kristen Confroy Excels on the Court and in the Classroom

A Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Confroy will begin medical school at the Wake Forest School of Medicine in the fall.

February 28, 2018
UMD Physicist Maissam Barkeshli Receives 2018 Sloan Research Fellowship

Barkeshli joins the list of 39 current faculty members in the college who have received the award.

February 15, 2018
Matched at Maryland: Meet Alumni Barrett and Marilyn Ripin
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.
February 14, 2018
Meet the College's Longest-Married Alumni Couple

James (B.S. '49, physics) and Dorothy (B.S. '51, physics) Baker celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last month.

February 14, 2018
Two UMD Science Majors Win Prestigious Churchill Scholarships

Christopher Bambic and Yousuf Khan will spend next year completing master’s degrees at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

February 13, 2018
University of Maryland to Have Key Role in Possible NASA Comet Mission

Two UMD astronomers will make key contributions to development of mission selected under NASA’s New Frontiers program.

February 6, 2018
Tiny Particles Have Outsized Impact on Storm Clouds and Precipitation

Amazon rainforest provides a unique natural lab to study the effects of aerosols.

January 26, 2018