The UMD Computing Catalyst team pivoted to create a conference experience for students who had received scholarships to attend the 2026 Grace Hopper Celebration.
University of Maryland junior Lauren DePaola hopes to turn her mathematics education into a career as an environmental data scientist.
Thanuri Navarathna (B.S. '20, biological sciences) will study an endemic bacterial disease in Sri Lanka, bringing her public health training to the country where her family is from.
The chemistry major brings lessons and expertise from the lab and classroom to his work evaluating promising new companies.
Chemistry Ph.D. candidate Jordan Wilson’s research on the optics of nanomaterials has applications in anti-counterfeiting, biosensors and more.
The five-year award will support Ye’s efforts to develop free, open-source quantum chemistry tools that will help scientists understand and design better catalysts.
UMD senior Natalie Shin pursues her passion for chemistry and public health by investigating the molecular machinery that helps viruses infect cells.
Computer science major Oluwatoyin Olaniyi received a ‘life-changing’ scholarship from Brenda Fonseca (B.A. ’75, French).
Reutt-Robey and her husband are providing flexible support to a faculty member with an exemplary research record and commitment to mentoring graduate students.
$7.5 million award funds six universities’ exploration of new ways to accelerate particles, generate radiation and guide light through air.