• Tom Flores in the fermentation lab
    The Brew Believer Leading UMD’s Fermentation Lab

    Tom Flores (B.S. ’92, biochemistry) teaches the art and science of thousands-years-old craft.

  • Technica hackers
    Technica Marks Another Year of Innovation in Tech

    This year’s event featured more than 30 workshops and 11 sponsor booths, with sessions covering topics such as Principles of Prosthetics Design, Community Building: Imposter Syndrome and Quantum Computing 101: An Intro to Quantum Computing.

  • Vice President for University Relations Jim Harris (far left) and Alumni Association Board of Governors President Bert D. Williams '96 and UMD President Darryll J. Pines (far right) flank the 2025 honorees of "A Celebration of Terps." Back row, from left: Margot Thomas '90, Omar Tarabishi ’13, M.A. ’20 and Kevin J. Tu ’23, ’23. Front row: Alumni Association Executive Director Jessica Roberts, Rita R. Colwell, Dawn Flythe Moore '97 and Jackie Cardello ’93.
    Alumni Association Honors 7 at ‘A Celebration of Terps’

    Alum Brendan Iribe received the President’s Award, Kevin J. Tu (B.S. '23, biological sciences; B.S. '23, economics) received the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award and Distinguished University Professor Rita R. Colwell received the Spirit of Maryland Award. 

  • Jan Plane with her hand on Brendan Iribe's shoulder
    Champion of “Computing for All” Honored with a Named Space at UMD

    A gift from alum Brendan Iribe named a student lounge in honor of Computer Science Principal Lecturer Emerita Jandelyn Plane.

  • From left, UMD President Darryll J. Pines, Chief Innovation Officer Dean Chang, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Catalyst Sammy Popat, Senior Vice President and Provost Jennifer King Rice and Vice President for Research Patrick O'Shea accept the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ 2025 Innovation & Economic Prosperity Innovation Award.
    UMD Recognized With Top-10 Ranking for Entrepreneurship

    The honor underscores UMD’s broad impact in cultivating entrepreneurial talent and driving innovation across disciplines and throughout the state.

  • Time-lapse images show a magnetic field detector circuit that was manufactured using DissolvPCB materials as it slowly disperses into recyclable materials after being immersed in water.
    UMD Team Develops Novel Method to Recycle 3D Printed Circuit Boards

    Led by computer science Ph.D. student Zeyu Yan, UMD researchers created a recyclable 3D-printed circuit board that dissolves in water to recover 98% of its materials.

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    Professor Anne Simon’s $16M Planned Gift to Support Professors, Postdocs and Students

    A plant virologist and longtime “The X-Files” scientific adviser, Simon is donating $15 million to support two endowed professorships, one in virology and another in RNA or plant biology; multiple postdoctoral fellowships; and multiple graduate fellowships.

  • Professor Larry Washington works with students attending the first year of the Brin Maryland Mathematics Camp in 2024
    Brin Center’s Launch Multiplies Global Math Renown

    Beyond the physical space in the Computer Science Instructional Center, one of the most visible results of the Brins’ philanthropy is the steady drumbeat of workshops, summer schools and distinguished lectures. The events are central to the Brin Center’s operations because academic mathematics, despite what the uninitiated might envision, is an intensely social discipline.

  • Pratyush Tiwary holding a laptop standing in front of several bookshelves
    Theoretical Chemist Pratyush Tiwary Answers Questions About Artificial Chemical Intelligence

    The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences hosted a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything spotlighting research on the role of artificial intelligence in drug discovery.

  • six panelists sit on stage
    Nvidia Comes to UMD, Virtually

    The company's annual artificial intelligence-focused GTC Conference appeared via video feed in The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s Dekelboum Concert Hall. Nvidia executives visited College Park, where they participated in discussion panels and distributed pricey Nvidia swag including—for the two luckiest attendees—RTX 5090s, the most powerful consumer graphics processing units (GPU) ever sold, with retail prices starting at $2,000.