Mathematics alumnus Simon Levin and physics alumnus Robert Fischell will receive medals at White House ceremony in early 2016.

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Robert Fischell (M.S. '53, physics) and Tobin Marks (B.S. '66, chemistry) receive honor.

UMD physicists design self-cloaking material with potential applications in telecommunications and next-generation computing.

Shneiderman elected for inventions in human-computer interaction and information visualization.

University of Maryland physicists helped develop and implement the calibration program that led to improvement.

UMD geologists co-author first studies to explain an observed physical transition hundreds of miles below Earth’s surface.

Finding could lead to treatments for rare genetic illness as well as normal aging.

University of Maryland study suggests that a society’s level of mobility influences whether its members treat outsiders as individuals.

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Professor Zhanqing Li and alumni Tamar Barkay and Leonard Fine receive the honor.