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  • A giant magnetic field (swirling blue lines) surrounds Earth. As Earth travels through solar wind (orange area), its magnetic field creates a bow shock in front of itself (pale blue area). Image: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
    UMD-led Study Shows How Earth Slows the Solar Wind to a Gentle Breeze
    31 May 2018

    NASA satellite data reveals electron-scale energy transformation at the leading edge of Earth’s magnetic field.

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    New Research Identifies How Blind Cavefish Lose Their Eyes
    30 May 2018

    NIH-led study yields potential clues for understanding eye disease and blindness in people.

  • UMD Astronomers Install All-sky Cameras on Campus and in Haiti
    29 May 2018

    All-sky cameras can capture stars, meteors, cloud formations and much more.

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    College’s Alumni Network Announces 2018 Summer Undergraduate Award Winners
    24 May 2018

    The awards will enable two students to study abroad and three students to continue their research on campus this summer.

  • Maria Chen
    Falling into Entrepreneurship
    22 May 2018

    Junior biological sciences major Maria Chen co-founded Symbiont Health, which placed first in UMD’s 2018 Do Good Challenge.

  • Satellite Study Finds Major Shifts in Global Freshwater
    16 May 2018

    First-of-its-kind study combines NASA satellite observations of Earth with data on human activities to map where—and why—freshwater is changing around the globe.

  • Local Elementary School Students Participated in UMD Biological Sciences Lecture
    10 May 2018

    More than 50 sixth-graders attended the class, which also featured a guest lecture by entomology graduate student Samuel Ramsey.

  • Christopher Bambic. Credit: Faye Levine. (Click image to download hi-res version.)
    University Medal Awarded to Physics and Astronomy Senior Christopher Bambic
    10 May 2018

    Three other graduating seniors from the college were named finalists for the award.

  • The Honorable C. Thomas McMillen and Mitchell Rock to Speak at College’s Spring Commencement Ceremony
    09 May 2018

    McMillen received his B.S. in chemistry in 1974 from UMD and Rock is graduating with dual bachelor’s degrees in biological sciences and government and politics.

  • New Research Reveals How Energy Dissipates Outside Earth’s Magnetic Field
    09 May 2018

    NASA mission, with help from a UMD physicist, is the first to observe a new type of turbulent magnetic reconnection, providing important clues about heating in the sun's outer layers.

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