University of Maryland computer scientists developed an AI-enhanced system that protects personal voice data from automated surveillance.
Entomology's Raymond St. Leger helped develop a new strain of fungus that mimics flowers to attract and kill mosquitoes, offering a new weapon in the fight against disease-carrying insects.
At Google, Sweta Agrawal (M.S. ’20, Ph.D. ’23, computer science) and Eleftheria Briakou (M.S. ’20, Ph.D. ’23, computer science) are working on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence, advancing Google Translate.
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Over 200 students from our college graduated in August 2025.
UMD sophomore Priya Tyagi became EMT-certified to help people in crisis. Now, she’s pursuing a career in computational biology to demystify disease—including her own rare condition.
The Wildfire Tracking Lab provides twice-daily estimates of every fire larger than four square kilometers in the U.S. and Canada, using satellite data to ensure consistent coverage. The result is not only a record of where a fire is at a given moment, but a timeline of its growth and evolution over days or weeks.
A team led by Astronomy's Marta Sewilo detected large complex organic molecules in ices outside of the Milky Way for the first time, offering a glimpse into the chemistry of the early universe.
UMD students earned more than 1,400 degrees in the 2022-23 academic year.
Biology Assistant Professor Nikolas Francis explores the sounds of neuroscience.