Three Hollings Scholarships Awarded to UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Students

Gabe Almario, Kelsey Malloy and Jonathan Seibert receive scholarships from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

UMD President Wallace Loh and Distinguished Professor Eugenia Kalnay Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Loh and Kalnay elected into one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.

Help Bring the Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly Back to College Park

Crowdfunding campaign aims to bring the Maryland state insect back to College Park.

Pulsing Light May Indicate Supermassive Black Hole Merger

New study sheds light on end stages of mysterious gravitational dance.

Wind Bursts Strongly Affect El Niño Severity

Study suggests El Niño predictions could be improved by considering westerly wind bursts.

College's 2015 Distinguished Alumni Awardees Announced

The college held a luncheon ceremony on April 10 to honor the winners.

A New View of the Moon’s Formation

A UMD study is the first to reconcile the “giant impact” model of the moon’s formation with the unexpectedly similar chemical makeup of the moon and Earth.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Awarded to Nine College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Students

The NSF received more than 16,500 applications and made 2,000 fellowship award offers.

Join Us for Maryland Day on Saturday, April 25th!

Science—whether physics, biology, chemistry or mathematics—is for everyone. Learn and explore this year at 35 CMNS Maryland Day events.

Professor Emeritus Eugene Rasmusson, Climate Diagnostician Who Characterized El Nino Structure, Dies at 86

Rasmusson was best known for his pioneering study of the observed structure of ocean-atmosphere variations in the tropical Pacific that underpin what is now popularly known as El Niño – a recurrent pattern of year-to-year climate variability centered in the tropical Pacific that affects climate, marine organisms, agricultural production and financial markets throughout much of the world.

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