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Six Seniors in College Honored as 2020 Merrill Presidential Scholars
The Merrill Presidential Scholars Program honors the university’s most successful seniors, who each recognize a UMD faculty member and high school teacher for contributing to their education.
Strong Fall Enrollment in UMD’s Data Science and Machine Learning Programs for Working Professionals
Courses are taught on weekday evenings to accommodate work schedules and students have the opportunity to earn a master's in less than two years.
UMD Launches Pilot Online Calculus Course for Prince George’s County Public School Students
This program enables students in the local community to access college-level math instruction.
UMD Senior Nataliya Stepanova Named 2021 Marshall Scholar
She will use the scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in speech and language processing at the University of Edinburgh.
The national honor recognizes their distinguished efforts to advance science.
UMD Senior Veeraj Shah Named a 2021 Rhodes Scholarship Finalist
Shah was also a finalist for the Marshall and Truman Scholarships. He is pursuing dual degrees in biological sciences and individual studies.
Could Your Vacuum be Listening to You?
Researchers hacked the navigation system on a robotic vacuum cleaner to record speech and music remotely, revealing vulnerability of household devices to privacy breaches.
Alumnus Jonathan Mevs Reflects on First Year of Teaching High School
Global-scale Animal Ecology Reveals Behavioral Changes in Response to Climate Change
International collaboration including the University of Maryland uses Arctic-wide data archive of animal movement to ask big-picture questions about effects of a changing world.
His appointment will strengthen collaboration and grow cryo-EM capabilities.
He was the “face of the school” for thousands of students.
University of Maryland Astronomers Find X-rays Lingering Years After Landmark Neutron Star Collision
New, most complete start-to-finish view of neutron star merger rewrites the way scientists understand these events.