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A Career at the Interface

A Career at the Interface

Simon Levin, Ph.D. '64, mathematics, fuses science, society and policy.

An Augmented Experience

An Augmented Experience

Cameron Payton embraces computer science, music, service and activism.

Joe Redish: Walking the Walk of Physics Education

Joe Redish: Walking the Walk of Physics Education

Friends, family and colleagues celebrate Redish's 50 years in the Department of Physics.

Disease-fighting Alumni

Disease-fighting Alumni

Meet three alumni taking on autoimmune diseases, HIV and breast cancer.

A Tale of Two Bacteriology Alumnae

A Tale of Two Bacteriology Alumnae

Meet Bernice Bedrick, B.S. '38 and Janet Hartley, B.S. '49.

Fighting Human Disease at All Scales, from Multispecies to Submolecular

Fighting Human Disease at All Scales, from Multispecies to Submolecular

For many life scientists, staying ahead of the curve means engaging in an arms race against deadly diseases.

Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Gravitational Wave Pioneers

Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Gravitational Wave Pioneers

University of Maryland physicists have played important roles in the search for gravitational waves since the 1950s.

International Competition Benchmarks Metagenomics Software

International Competition Benchmarks Metagenomics Software

University of Maryland professor helped evaluate the ability of software to assemble, classify and analyze complex pools of bacterial DNA.

College Welcomes 15 New Faculty Members this Fall

College Welcomes 15 New Faculty Members this Fall

Faculty joined six departments and three research institutes in the college.

Black Holes with Ravenous Appetites Define Type I Active Galaxies

Black Holes with Ravenous Appetites Define Type I Active Galaxies

New research suggests that the central black holes in Type I and Type II active galaxies consume matter at different rates, upending popular theory.

Gravitational Waves Detected a Fourth Time

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.

UMD Hosted Neuroscience Workshop for Local High School Teachers

UMD Hosted Neuroscience Workshop for Local High School Teachers

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