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UMD-led team discovers a bright optical flare caused by a dying star’s encounter with a supermassive black hole.

A UMD ­­alum and professor co-authored a paper about the reduction in the thickness of Earth's protective ozone layer that followed the Australian wildfires.

Bill Fahrbach (B.S. ’02, mathematics; B.A. ’02, economics) rides a rapid wave of success as a CFO in the technology world.

For 30 years, Nada Golmie (Ph.D. ’02, computer science) has made her mark as an innovator and problem-solver at NIST.

This new Institute will leverage recent advances in artificial intelligence and computing to create a premier learning health care system that evaluates both de-identified and secure digitized medical health data to diagnose, prevent and treat diseases in patients across the state of Maryland.

As associate dean for research, Cleaveland will help grow the college’s annual sponsored research funding, which currently exceeds $200 million. He will also lead the college to higher levels of research excellence and national prominence and launch new initiatives.

UMD entomologist Anahí Espíndola says insects are under threat, but there is still time to change course.

Student-run organization Hack4Impact-UMD partners with nonprofits to develop products that help communities across the country.

UMD researchers explain how cells form subcellular patterns.

First detection of surface waves on Mars paints a better picture of its structure, according to new research by UMD scientists and NASA InSight team.

A new tool aids in the search for new quantum error correction schemes—including the Holy Grail of self-correcting quantum error correction.

Gov. Larry Hogan announces Maryland Mesonet project to enhance state’s critical infrastructure and preparedness