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  • Graphic representation of RNA made up of different colored strands woven together.
    New UMD Startup Builds the ‘Picks and Shovels’ for the RNA Revolution
    19 February 2026

    Emergente’s patented RNAnneal platform predicts shapeshifting RNA structures, addressing a foundational bottleneck across the therapeutics, agriculture and biotechnology manufacturing industries.

  • A colorful illustration representing a pain scale, with a cartoon woman sitting in the green zone, suggesting eased pain.
    Shared Pain, Shared Relief
    18 February 2026

    A new University of Maryland-led study reveals that observing others in pain, even digital avatars, can affect how we feel pain ourselves.

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    UMD Senior Helps Build the Hit Video Game Platform, Roblox
    16 February 2026

    After a rewarding summer internship in 2025, mathematics major Arianna Maxwell will return to Roblox as a full-time employee in June.

  • UMD Department of Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences logo
    UMD Department of Geology Announces New Name
    16 February 2026

    The Department of Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences better reflects the unit’s interdisciplinary nature.

  • Jordan Boyd-Graber speaking to the camera
    Improving AI-Human Interaction
    13 February 2026

    Boyd-Graber would not have recommended using chatbots for anything four years ago, but says that huge advancements have been made in the last few years. 

  • A UMD gold-colored box with bold italic text on a black ribbon that says Dean's List Fall 2025
    Dean's List: Fall 2025
    13 February 2026

    Congratulations to the almost 4,200 Fall 2025 semester Dean's List awardees from the University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

  • Route one entrance to campus with apartments in the background
    Finding an Off-Campus Apartment Can Be Stressful. A Student-Created Platform Aims to Change That.
    13 February 2026

    Kato, a website developed by a team of University of Maryland students and launched in November, gives peers a way to quickly get up-to-date prices for 17 local apartment buildings, compare floor plans and amenities, compare distances to major campus landmarks, and see historic price trends and reviews.

  • UMD alums Marc Slatkoff and Carel Hoffeditz in the 1970s.
    A Shared UMD French Class Brought These Two Science Terps Together…Pour Toujours [Forever]
    13 February 2026

    They fell in love at UMD more than 55 years ago. Marc (B.S. ’70, zoology) and Carel (B.S. ’70, microbiology) Slatkoff are still on the move and making memories.

  • Ademide Adeyemo and Caroline Hobson collaborate at the lab bench.
    Gemstone Team VIRAL Conducts Zika Brain Development Study at Children’s National Hospital
    11 February 2026

    To investigate how prenatal Zika virus infection affects fetal brain development, Team VIRAL is testing whether targeting cellular pathways like autophagy and the lysosome—with treatments such as metformin—can reduce Zika-related neurological damage before birth.

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    University of Maryland Named Top 10 Public Institution in Influential Research Ranking
    11 February 2026

    The University of Maryland’s expanding investment in high-impact research—work that improves lives in communities across the state, nation and world—helped propel it to No. 14 among all U.S. institutions and No. 9 among public institutions in the most widely recognized benchmark for sponsored research activity. 

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