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Wendell Hill Named Director of UMD’s Institute for Physical Science and Technology

He has been a faculty member in the institute since 1982.

June 26, 2026
 Grand Challenges Grants 2.0 Direct UMD Research to Societal Good

The program awarded nearly $15 million in grants, building on the success of its inaugural round. 

June 25, 2026
UMD’s Pratyush Tiwary Receives $902K Grant to Develop Energy-Efficient AI for Chemical Sciences

The three-year award from the U.S. Department of Energy is a second renewal, bringing the total over nine years to $2.3M.

June 24, 2026
Dean's List: Spring 2026

Congratulations to the over 3,600 Spring 2026 semester Dean's List awardees from the University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

June 23, 2026
UMD to Launch 2 Bachelor’s Degrees to Explore Technical, Human Dimensions of AI

Starting in Fall 2027, the Bachelor of Science in AI will teach students to build AI systems and algorithms from the ground up, understanding the training of models from data and systems perspectives and then use those techniques in interdisciplinary applications. 

June 16, 2026
A New Kind of Entanglement Helps Quantum Sensors Tune Out Noise

They then developed two ways to create these states inside an optical cavity, a pair of mirrors about one inch apart that bounce photons back and forth. 

June 16, 2026
Meet Yasmine Tajeddin, the Programmer of the Opera

The senior computer science and music double major never performed publicly before coming to UMD. Now, she’s eyeing a career as a professional opera singer.

June 16, 2026
The Art of Science Storytelling

Evolutionary biologist, author and film producer Sean B. Carroll believes that science is best communicated through stories that stick. 

June 16, 2026
A ‘Groundbreaking, Earth-Shattering, Universe-Defining’ Mission

Jackie Townsend (B.S. ’94, physics) went on a ‘wild ride’ from UMD to project manager for NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission.

June 16, 2026
The 2026 CMNS Summer Reading List

Seven faculty members share their book recommendations for summer break.

June 12, 2026
A Bird in the Hand … and the Heart

Unlikely bird keeper Sara Hallager (B.S. ’89, zoology) took flight at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, becoming curator of birds and a devotee to their protection.

June 9, 2026
Applying Analytical Chemistry to Biological Systems

UMD chemistry Ph.D. student Laura Garcia Rodriguez aims to know everything she can about proteins ‘because they are everywhere and do almost everything in the body.’

June 9, 2026