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UMD-Led Team Wins $2M NSF Grant to Pioneer ‘High-Entropy’ Quantum Materials
The mission of the team is to harness “configurational entropy”—the mixing of multiple elements in a single crystal structure.
The Weather Networks Keeping Marylanders Safe
The University of Maryland is helping to keep the residents and businesses in Maryland safe from severe weather with the Maryland Mesonet and Maryland HydroNet.
Scientists Map the Navigation Styles of Wild Cats and Dogs
A University of Maryland-led study that followed over 1,200 animals across six continents challenges longstanding assumptions about animal movement, with implications for conservation and management of at-risk mammalian carnivores globally.
When Physics and Math Go Viral
Physics Ph.D. student Raunak Dey designs mathematical models to study viruses—the good, the bad and the complicated.
UMD biological sciences Ph.D. student Damani Eubanks is protecting forests and mentoring the next generation of environmental stewards.
Maryland Quantum-Thermodynamics Hub Secures Funding for Three More Years
Since 2022, they have plumbed the intriguing depths of this disciplinary fusion, uncovering a deeper understanding of how the everyday world emerges from the quantum realm of tiny particles.
Entomology doctoral student Helen Craig (B.S. '22, biological sciences) and biological sciences major Maya Hensley chat about six types of bugs you could eat. In Entomology Professor Bill Lamp’s lab, they researched the environmental, nutritional and economic benefits of eating insects and published an article in American Entomologist this spring.
A Cosmic Photographer: Decades of Work to Get the Perfect Shot
John Mather has made a career of looking to the heavens, leading projects that have revealed invisible stories written across the sky and helped us understand our place in the universe.
Changing the Narrative From ‘You Can’t’ to ‘You Can’
Drawing on her own success story, Caroline Solomon (Ph.D. ’06, marine estuarine and environmental sciences) inspires deaf and hard-of-hearing college students to pursue careers in STEM fields.
‘Make AI a Force That Is Uplifting for All,’ UMD Leaders Urge at Global Summit
UMD President Darryll J. Pines & Computer Science Professor Hal Daumé III speak on the impact of AI in education and society at a recent global summit.
UMD Hits All-time High in U.S. News Rankings
UMD achieved its highest-ever ranking, climbing one place to No. 16 among public schools.
UMD Students Name Asteroid ‘Diamondback’
Students in the ASTR 315: “Astronomy in Practice” class measured the asteroid’s light curve and rotation period, then gave it a Terp-inspired rebrand.