Two UMD Astronomy Space Probes Advance to Next Round of $1 Billion NASA Mission Selection

Proposals from Christopher Reynolds for an X-ray mission and Alberto Bolatto and Jason Glenn for a far-infrared mission are closer to being realized.

University of Maryland Dedicates New Chemistry Building

The new facility will serve as a hub for quantum chemistry, molecular nanoscience and sustainability research.

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The Weather Networks Keeping Marylanders Safe

The University of Maryland is helping to keep the residents and businesses in Maryland safe from severe weather with the Maryland Mesonet and Maryland HydroNet.

Scientists Map the Navigation Styles of Wild Cats and Dogs

A University of Maryland-led study that followed over 1,200 animals across six continents challenges longstanding assumptions about animal movement, with implications for conservation and management of at-risk mammalian carnivores globally.

When Physics and Math Go Viral

Physics Ph.D. student Raunak Dey designs mathematical models to study viruses—the good, the bad and the complicated. 

Rooting for Healthy Forests

UMD biological sciences Ph.D. student Damani Eubanks is protecting forests and mentoring the next generation of environmental stewards.

Maryland Quantum-Thermodynamics Hub Secures Funding for Three More Years

Since 2022, they have plumbed the intriguing depths of this disciplinary fusion, uncovering a deeper understanding of how the everyday world emerges from the quantum realm of tiny particles.

Surf, Turf—and Chirp?

Entomology doctoral student Helen Craig (B.S. '22, biological sciences) and biological sciences major Maya Hensley chat about six types of bugs you could eat. In Entomology Professor Bill Lamp’s lab, they researched the environmental, nutritional and economic benefits of eating insects and published an article in American Entomologist this spring.

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