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Steve Rolston Named Chair of UMD Department of Physics

Steve Rolston Named Chair of UMD Department of Physics

Rolston joined UMD in 2003 and is also co-director and a fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute.

Physics Professor Wolfgang Losert Named College's Associate Dean for Research, Faculty Affairs and Graduate Education

Physics Professor Wolfgang Losert Named College's Associate Dean for Research, Faculty Affairs and Graduate Education

Losert has been serving in the role as interim associate dean.

Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin Named Interim Director of the UMD Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling

Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin Named Interim Director of the UMD Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling

Jabin has served as associate director of CSCAMM since 2014.

Dormant Black Hole Eats Star, Becomes X-ray Flashlight

Dormant Black Hole Eats Star, Becomes X-ray Flashlight

UMD astronomers catch X-ray echoes of a tidal disruption event for the first time.

Gravitational Waves Detected from Second Pair of Colliding Black Holes

Gravitational Waves Detected from Second Pair of Colliding Black Holes

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

Three UMD Astronomy Graduate Students Receive NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships

Three UMD Astronomy Graduate Students Receive NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships

The fellowship program supports continued training of a highly qualified workforce in disciplines needed to achieve NASA’s scientific goals.

Tiny Diamonds Could Enable Huge Advances in Nanotechnology

Tiny Diamonds Could Enable Huge Advances in Nanotechnology

UMD researchers develop a new method for pairing nanoscale diamonds with other nanomaterials.

Dean's List: Spring 2016

Dean's List: Spring 2016

Over 1,800 students were named to the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Dean's List for Spring 2016.

Satellite Study Finds Unreported Sources of Toxic Air Pollution

Satellite Study Finds Unreported Sources of Toxic Air Pollution

Analysis of satellite data suggests up to 12 percent of global sulfur dioxide emissions have gone unreported.

Senior Mathematics Major Elliot Frank to Participate in Fulbright Summer Institute

Senior Mathematics Major Elliot Frank to Participate in Fulbright Summer Institute

Frank to participate in the University of Bristol's "Slavery and the Atlantic Heritage” program.

University of Maryland Announces New Scholarship for Pre-med Students

University of Maryland Announces New Scholarship for Pre-med Students

Mark Sobel Jr. Endowed Scholarship honors memory of alumnus’ son who passed away at the age of 17.

Conference to Honor Mathematics Professor William “Bill” Goldman

Conference to Honor Mathematics Professor William “Bill” Goldman

A 30-year teaching veteran, Goldman continues to innovate in the classroom. He is revamping MATH/AMSC 431 to develop a “symbiotic relationship” between the course and UMD's Experimental Geometry Lab.