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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.
UMD Science 2015 Year in Review
Check out some of our most-read research stories from 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.
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.
Computer Science’s Ben Shneiderman Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Shneiderman elected for inventions in human-computer interaction and information visualization.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Professor Zhanqing Li and alumni Tamar Barkay and Leonard Fine receive the honor.
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.
UMD Professor Addresses House Subcommittees on Space and Environment
Antonio Busalacchi discusses ways public-private partnerships can help NASA satisfy Earth science data requirements.