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Congratulations to the College's December 2025 Graduates!
Over 600 students from our college graduated in December 2025.
A Future Pediatrician's Scholarship Story
Senior neuroscience major Clara Abdelmalek earned a life-changing scholarship to support her studies.
Rick Greene Named Kamerlingh Onnes Prize Winner
Greene was honored for his outstanding achievements in the realm of superconductivity.
A Future Astrophysicist's Scholarship Story
Meet Harkeerat Singh, a University of Maryland student pursuing degrees in astronomy, physics and mathematics.
UMD Senior Builds Equitable AI Models to Diagnose Skin Cancer
Studies show darker-skinned patients suffer greater mortality from skin cancer. A tumor detection model built by a team that includes mathematics and computer science double-degree student Dhruv Dewan could help close the gap.
UMD's Department of Biology Launches Quantitative Biology Initiative
QBI brings together scientists across diverse disciplines who are united through an interest in using quantitative methods to answer biological questions.
UMD’s Newest Mars Rover Is Out of This World
UMD Loop hopes to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a podium finish in an international rover competition.
From COVID-19 to ChatGPT: A Statistician's Quest to Improve Survey Statistics
Mathematics graduate student Aditi Sen's research refines survey analysis when few people respond—with sweeping applications.
AIM Welcomes Five Distinguished Artificial Intelligence Scholars
Ilaria Canavotto, Yu Gan, Ritwik Gupta, Yulin Hswen and Swati Srivastava will join the UMD faculty.
UMD’s Math-Musician Chases His Next ‘Beautiful Idea’
Mathematics Assistant Professor Srivatsav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli discusses the surprising link between math, music and paragliding.
$5.1M in NIH Awards Help UMD Researchers Take On a Genomic Data Deluge
The team is building open-source software to better piece together complex genetic data while also conducting the first comprehensive review of how the quality of data in public biological databases impacts the accuracy of computational analyses.
Air Force Veteran Rekindles His Passion for Science at UMD
Morgan Smith (B.S. ’25, physics) merged his interests in public service and science at Maryland and secured a job at NASA after graduating in December.