CMNS is a college where pioneers, scholars and innovators learn, collaborate and innovate to build a better future.

Starting in Fall 2027, the Bachelor of Science in AI will teach students to build AI systems and algorithms from the ground up, understanding the training of models from data and systems perspectives and then use those techniques in interdisciplinary applications. 

The senior computer science and music double major never performed publicly before coming to UMD. Now, she’s eyeing a career as a professional opera singer.

Evolutionary biologist, author and film producer Sean B. Carroll believes that science is best communicated through stories that stick. 

Jackie Townsend (B.S. ’94, physics) went on a ‘wild ride’ from UMD to project manager for NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission.

Seven faculty members share their book recommendations for summer break.

Unlikely bird keeper Sara Hallager (B.S. ’89, zoology) took flight at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, becoming curator of birds and a devotee to their protection.

UMD chemistry Ph.D. student Laura Garcia Rodriguez aims to know everything she can about proteins ‘because they are everywhere and do almost everything in the body.’