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College Alumni to Receive National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Mathematics alumnus Simon Levin and physics alumnus Robert Fischell will receive medals at White House ceremony in early 2016.

January 4, 2016
UMD Science 2015 Year in Review

Check out some of our most-read research stories from 2015.

December 23, 2015
Two College Alumni Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Robert Fischell (M.S. '53, physics) and Tobin Marks (B.S. '66, chemistry) receive honor.

December 22, 2015
New Material Becomes Invisible to Microwave Radiation with the Flip of a Switch

UMD physicists design self-cloaking material with potential applications in telecommunications and next-generation computing.

December 18, 2015
Computer Science’s Ben Shneiderman Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Shneiderman elected for inventions in human-computer interaction and information visualization.

December 15, 2015
Sensitivity of World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Improves

University of Maryland physicists helped develop and implement the calibration program that led to improvement.

December 14, 2015
Twin Studies Provide First Explanations for Boundary Within Earth’s Mantle

UMD geologists co-author first studies to explain an observed physical transition hundreds of miles below Earth’s surface.

December 10, 2015
Safe, Inexpensive Chemical Found to Reverse Symptoms of Progeria in Human Cells

Finding could lead to treatments for rare genetic illness as well as normal aging.

December 10, 2015
Moving Matters: Ethnocentric Behavior Decreases When Societal Mobility Rises

University of Maryland study suggests that a society’s level of mobility influences whether its members treat outsiders as individuals.

December 8, 2015
UMD Professor and Two Alumni Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Professor Zhanqing Li and alumni Tamar Barkay and Leonard Fine receive the honor.

November 23, 2015
Top Seniors Honored as 2015 Merrill Presidential Scholars

Five seniors in the college received the honor: Marissa Dattler, Ryan Kuo, Neomi Rao, Julia Wainger and Sarahann Yeh.

November 20, 2015
UMD Professor Addresses House Subcommittees on Space and Environment

Antonio Busalacchi discusses ways public-private partnerships can help NASA satisfy Earth science data requirements.

November 17, 2015