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UMD Computer Science Major Bhavika Buddi Awarded 2025 NOAA Hollings Scholarship

Awardees receive up to $19,000 and a paid 10-week internship with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

April 30, 2025
Leslie Pick Named Associate Dean for Graduate Education in UMD’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

Pick previously chaired the Department of Entomology for over a decade and has been a faculty member at UMD since 2003.

April 29, 2025
Career Q&A with Biological Sciences Major Muntaha Hossain

Hossain discovered a passion for biological research at the University of Maryland.

April 28, 2025
Mathematics Professor Abba Gumel Answers Questions About the Math Behind Infectious Disease

The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences hosted a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything spotlighting epidemic modeling research.

April 25, 2025
What It Takes: The Insect Zoo

From beetles that play dead to friendly spiders, visitors can go behind the scenes at one of Maryland Day’s most popular exhibits.
 

April 25, 2025
Discovering a ‘Passion for Research’

Roughly 500 students from disciplines across campus will present their work to peers, faculty and staff, and families and friends in the Stamp Student Union at Undergraduate Research Day. 

April 23, 2025
Biological Sciences Alum Feeds Curiosity at NASA

Astrobiologist Luoth Chou (B.S. ’13, biological sciences) believes there could be life on other planets—and if there is, she wants to find it. 

April 23, 2025
Three UMD Students Awarded Prestigious Department of Defense Fellowships

Three students working with Chris Metzler, an assistant professor of computer science, have been awarded the prestigious fellowships.

April 21, 2025
Mysteriously Mundane Turbulence Revealed in 2D Superfluid

JQI researchers developed a new technique to measure velocity fields in superfluid Bose-Einstein condensates, offering fresh insight into quantum turbulence.

April 18, 2025
Junior Dhruvak Mirani Awarded Prestigious Truman Scholarship

Mirani is pursuing dual degrees in computer science and government and politics. He is also a member of the Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students in the Honors College. 

April 18, 2025
7 Reasons You Should Care About World Quantum Day

Join UMD in celebrating World Quantum Day and explore the growing "Capital of Quantum," highlighting the university's leading role in advancing quantum research and technology.

April 14, 2025
Undergraduate Astronomer Observes Rare Eclipsing Event Between Faraway Asteroids

Junior astronomy and anthropology dual-degree student Oliver O’Brien was on an undergraduate team that analyzed two eclipsing asteroids in Jupiter’s Trojan asteroid belt, celestial ‘fossils’ that may contain the history of our solar system’s birth.

April 14, 2025