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Undergrads Explore Tech Careers by Building Apps to Solve Transportation Challenges

Break Through Tech DC hosts its first summer Guild at UMD.

September 8, 2021
Elevating the Humble Neutrino

Rabindra Mohapatra published a book targeted toward non-scientists called “The Neutrino Story: One Tiny Particle’s Grand Role in the Cosmos.”

September 8, 2021
John Mather Looks to the Past and Keeps Moving Forward

NASA will launch a revolutionary instrument into space—and Mather is the senior project scientist.

September 8, 2021
Research Projects Open Doors for High School Students

UMD physics graduate students pilot high school diversity recruitment program.

September 8, 2021
Junior Kate Sturge Discovers Love for Research—and Experimental Particle Physics

Through UMD’s FIRE program, the astronomy and physics dual-degree student conducted high-energy physics research.

September 8, 2021
Quantum Materials Center’s Silent Hero Recognized with College Award

Doug Bensen received the CMNS Dean’s Outstanding Employee Award in spring 2021.

September 8, 2021
John S. Toll Endowed Lecture in Physics Honors a Culture of Excellence, Curiosity and Collaboration

Chuan-Sheng Liu and Jingyi Liu generously honor Toll’s legacy by endowing a lecture series in his name.

September 8, 2021
Taking Satellite Technology--and Physics--to New Heights

James Carr (Ph.D. ’89, physics) has been making his mark on satellite technology for more than three decades.

September 5, 2021
UMD Leads New $25M NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation

New institute will significantly add to the vibrant quantum research ecosystem established in the mid-Atlantic region.

September 2, 2021
ICESpark: Opening Doors for Science Discoveries in the ‘New Arctic’ and Beyond

Next-Generation Computing Platform Supported by $1.24M NSF Award

August 25, 2021
 UMD Breaks Ground on New Chemistry Building

Leading-edge facility will enable new discoveries and transformational research and innovation.

August 25, 2021
Comet ATLAS May Have Been a Blast from the Past

UMD-led research suggests that a comet seen in 2020 is a remnant of one that crossed the sky during the Stone Age.

August 19, 2021