The state funding will fully match a $2 million gift from Michael and Eugenia Brin.
UMD mathematics, computer science, and electrical and computer engineering majors can take a cryptography class to learn how modern communications and transactions are kept secure.
The James Clerk Maxwell Prize annually recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of plasma physics. The prize is named after a nineteenth-century Scottish physicist known for his work with electricity, magnetism, and light.
Liao sought University Career Center support for internship applications and interviews and landed a Capital One internship.
Researchers are using Parker Solar Probe data to demystify the glowing ball of gas at the center of our solar system.
Cell biologist Lanny Ling investigates protein synthesis and how errors in the process can either harm organisms or help them survive.
Antony Jose looks for answers about heritability, including how traits change without changes in DNA.
Biological sciences Ph.D. candidate Shauna Rasband investigates how a group of birds called passerines “won” at evolution.
For undergraduate student Aneesh Anandanatarajan, learning how to ask the “big questions” about physics and astronomy is both an art and a science.
Swarnav Banik (Ph.D. ’21, physics) is developing optical sensing systems for the next generation of self-driving vehicles.