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For Sylvie Ryckebusch (B.S. ’87, physics; B.S. ’87, mathematics), a foundation in physics set the stage for success in pharma and biotech.
Sixteen CMNS Projects Receive Inaugural UMD Grand Challenges Grants
UMD invests $30 million to address climate change, human health and disease, artificial intelligence and more.
Two UMD Faculty Members Receive 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships
Astrophysicist Benedikt Diemer and computer scientist Xiaodi Wu were recognized for their unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.
UMD Physicists Hope to Strike Gold by Finding Dark Matter in an Old Mine
The team is searching for exotic particles called WIMPs at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.
How a UMD Professor Helped an Oscar Nominee Take Flight
The documentary on bird-rescuing brothers, which was executive produced by Distinguished University Professor of Biology Sean B. Carroll, already won at Sundance and Cannes.
Calling All Experimentalists, Designers, Fixers and Tinkerers
Vortex Makerspace and PHYS 499X course offer unique hands-on learning experiences for physics students.
Research at the Frozen End of the Earth
On the coast of Antarctica, Geology faculty members Nicholas Schmerr and Mong-Han Huang and Ph.D. student Kathrine Udell Lopez investigate the ins and outs of the world's largest ice shelf.
Congratulations to the college's 3,000+ Fall 2022 Dean's List awardees.
Abba Gumel, Mohammad Hajiaghayi, Wolfgang Losert and Dana Nau received one of the most distinguished honors within the scientific community.
A Fish-Eye View of Neural Development
Juan Angueyra uses genetic tools to track the development of retinal cells from their earliest moments.
Nirupam Roy Receives NSF CAREER Award to Advance Ambient Computing
Ambient computing is an invisible yet useful concept of blending computing power into our everyday lives by embedding it into our surroundings.
Nearly 50-Meter Laser Experiment Sets Record in UMD Hallway
In a paper published in the journal Physical Review X, UMD researchers described how they set a record by guiding light in 45-meter-long air waveguides and explained the physics behind their method.