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NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Awarded to 17 Science Terps

CMNS awardees include eight current undergraduates, three recent alumni, and six current graduate students (one of whom is also a recent graduate).

April 2, 2020
Four Science Terps Named 2020 Goldwater Scholars

Over the last decade, UMD’s nominations yielded 33 scholarships—the most in the nation.

March 29, 2020
Scientist on Skates. Meet Entomologist–and Roller Derby Player–Anahí Espíndola

University of Maryland students may know Anahí Espíndola as an Assistant Professor of Entomology, but off campus she's a starting player on the DC Rollergirls roller derby team.

March 23, 2020
Three College Faculty Members Receive Prestigious Simons Fellowships

Jacob Bedrossian, Christopher Jarzynski and Leonid Koralov earned yearlong sabbaticals to focus on research.

March 6, 2020
More than One Way to Skin A Planet

As seismographic data from Mars reveals a quaking planet, analysis of meteorites and satellite data offers a new compositional model that identifies layers inside the red planet.

February 24, 2020
A Perfect (Math) Match: Meet Alumni Couple Ira Schwartz and Janine Tucker

Two applied mathematics graduates met at UMD in 1976 and have been married for 41 years.

February 13, 2020
Senior Crystal Li Prepares to Take Her Research to the Next Level

Li has been conducting biofilms research for over a year and will begin semi-independent research in the spring for her departmental honors thesis.

February 11, 2020
First Direct Seismic Measurements of Mars Reveal a Geologically Active Planet

Scientific team including UMD geologists analyzed marsquakes from the InSight mission to find a planet with geological activity similar to both Earth and the Moon.

February 11, 2020
When Frogs Die Off, Snake Diversity Plummets

University of Maryland biologist Karen Lips helps find a significant drop in snake diversity following amphibian declines from chytrid fungus.

February 11, 2020
At Impossible Foods, Alumna Uncovers Meat’s Mysteries

Ranjani Varadan Ph.D. ’04 is vice president of research and development at Impossible Foods.

February 3, 2020
UMD Science Major Wins Prestigious Churchill Scholarship

Senior Tanay Wakhare, a mathematics and computer science double degree student, was awarded the scholarship.

January 29, 2020
UMD-led Study Named Science’s Most Impactful Paper of 2019

American Association for the Advancement of Science awards Newcomb Cleveland prize to study of transgenic fungus designed to control malaria-carrying mosquito populations in West Africa.

January 24, 2020