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UMD Breaks Ground on Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation

Fueled by $31 million gift from Oculus co-founder and CEO, new center will advance revolutionary research.

April 30, 2016
First Multi-year Study of Honey Bee Parasites and Disease Reveals Troubling Trends

Varroa mite infestations more severe than previously thought, with links to spread of viral diseases.

April 26, 2016
Mary Ann Rankin and Chris Jarzynski Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

With their election, Rankin and Jarzynski join some of the world’s most accomplished leaders from academic, business, public affairs, the humanities and the arts.

April 21, 2016
HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory Reveals New Look at the Very-high-energy Sky

UMD physicists pioneered development of observatory that has located new high-energy sources in the universe and provided more detail on known sources in first year of full operation.

April 18, 2016
UMD and Max Planck Society Establish Joint Doctoral Program in Computer Science

New program will draw on the two institutions’ long-established leadership and expertise in computer science.

April 18, 2016
College’s Alumni Network Announces its 2016 Summer Undergraduate Award Winners

Recipients receive awards to help defray costs related to conducting research or traveling to field courses.

April 13, 2016
Mathematics Professor John Benedetto Named Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Benedetto named a Fellow for contributions to applied harmonic analysis, especially sampling theory and frames theory.

April 12, 2016
UMD Senior Biological Sciences Major Priya Kareddy Awarded Fulbright Scholarship

The Fulbright grant gives me the opportunity to explore my two main academic interests, political theory and medicine and health care, in context of one another and in an immersive manner.

April 12, 2016
UMD Invention of the Year Nominees Push Boundaries in Health, Energy and Security

Researchers have been working to make the world a better place through new innovations.

April 12, 2016
College Offers 2016 Summer Science Camps for K-12 Students

We’re offering insect, Quidditch, computer science, physics, environmental biology and cyber camps this summer for school-age children.

April 6, 2016
A Day in the Life of an Undergraduate CEO

Student, company founder, and employee: computer science major Christian Johnson does it all.

April 5, 2016
U.S. Government’s Top Chemist

Willie May rises from the segregated South through the ranks of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

April 5, 2016