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Gravitational Waves Detected a Fourth Time

University of Maryland physicists contribute to identification of fourth gravitational wave event using data from Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors.

September 27, 2017
UMD Hosted Neuroscience Workshop for Local High School Teachers

Workshop taught basic neuroscience concepts and demonstrated hands-on experiments for local high school teachers.

September 25, 2017
University of Maryland Researchers Identify Genes Linked to “Flesh-eating” Bacterial Infections

Collaboration between the University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, finds two genes involved in invasive, spreading infection underneath skin.

September 21, 2017
Meghan Murphy (B.S. ’15, Biological Sciences) Awarded Fulbright Fellowship to Botswana

Murphy will study the impact of drug and alcohol use on HIV treatment.

September 13, 2017
14 Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Promotions Announced by UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

Eight were promoted to the rank of professor and six to associate professor with tenure.

September 7, 2017
66 Professional-Track Faculty Members Promoted in UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

Promotions included 12 instructional faculty members and 54 research faculty members.

September 7, 2017
New UMD Hyperloop Pod Races Against Rivals this Weekend

Students compete in second SpaceX competition in Hawthorne, California.

August 25, 2017
Space-based Experiment Will Tackle the Mysteries of Cosmic Rays

ISS-CREAM detector to be installed on International Space Station for at least three years.

August 11, 2017
Scott Juntti Joins UMD as William J. Higgins Assistant Professor of Biology

Created by alumni to honor their educator and mentor, this is the first endowed professorship in biology.

August 11, 2017
UMD Quantum Computing Startup IonQ Raises $20 Million Series B Round

Company aims to bring quantum computers to market by late 2018.

August 7, 2017
Researchers Detect Exoplanet with Glowing Water Atmosphere

Distant “hot Jupiter” has a stratosphere hot enough to boil iron.

August 2, 2017
Gamma-ray Burst Captured in Unprecedented Detail

UMD-led team uses data from multiple telescopes to address long-standing questions about the universe’s most powerful explosions.

July 26, 2017