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Alumni Climate Crusaders

Learn how our alumni are fighting for a better future.

September 27, 2022
Choosing Trees to Cool Cities Wisely

Karin Burghardt studies how cities can select the right trees to plant as part of their strategy to adapt to climate change.

September 27, 2022
Balancing the Climate Budget

Zhanqing Li says you have to know where all the energy goes.

September 27, 2022
Predicting Droughts from Space

Kimberly Slinski can’t stop droughts from happening, but she can see them coming.

September 27, 2022
UMD’s Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center Awarded NASA Funding Renewal

The new five-year, $95 million cooperative agreement supports research, teaching and career training in Earth system science.

September 26, 2022
Newly Formed Craters Located on Mars by UMD Geologist and NASA InSight Team

Craters discovered by UMD geophysicist Nicholas Schmerr and his team hold interesting clues about the planet's atmosphere and interior, including how it formed and evolved over time.

September 19, 2022
NSF Awards UMD $1.6M for New Laser System

The 100 terawatt system will be the highest intensity laser on the east coast of the U.S.

September 14, 2022
UMD’s Computer Science Undergraduate Program Climbs Two Spots to No. 16 in U.S. News Rankings

The department also ranks in the Top 10 among the country’s public universities in four computer science specialties.

September 12, 2022
Delayed Intervention Makes Eliminating Monkeypox More Difficult

While monkeypox cases seem to be stabilizing, stronger and better-adapted variants may still evolve, according to new UMD research.

September 12, 2022
From Unexpected Opportunity to Gamechanging Discovery

Didier Depireux’s unpredictable path from a Ph.D. in physics to a ‘breakthrough’ medical startup.

September 6, 2022
Undergrads Take Community-building Solutions to the Next Level

92 students explored user experience design in Break Through Tech’s Summer Guild.

September 3, 2022
New Institute Created to Study Differences in Aging Between Male and Female Organisms

UMD biologist Gerald Wilkinson has been named a co-principal investigator of the IISAGE Biology Integration Institute.

September 2, 2022