College Celebrates 2026 Employee Award Recipients

This year's awardees were selected from a pool of hundreds of nominations from the Science Terp community.

Congratulations to the College's May 2026 Candidates for Graduation!

Over 4,200 students from our college are set to graduate in May 2026.

Forecasting the Storm of Cancer Progression

Through multidisciplinary partnerships and a bit of weather science, Elana Fertig (M.S. ’05, Ph.D. ’07, applied mathematics & statistics, and scientific computation) aims to make cancer a predictable and manageable disease.

15 Proposals for AI-Focused Courses Awarded New Grants 

The funds administered by AIM support classes in 10 colleges and schools across the university.

UMD Physicists Sankar Das Sarma and Richard Greene Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

They were honored for their research exploring the foundations of quantum science.

Creative Chemistry Class Inspires Undergrads and Local Elementary School Students

A hands-on UMD course gives undergraduates the opportunity to share the magic of chemistry with third graders in Prince George's County.

A Surprisingly Simple Way to Control Quantum Behavior

A new study from UMD chemical physicists could lead to more stable quantum memory, safer fuel storage and an improved ability to measure comet temperatures in outer space.

Got a Sick Plant? Take it to UMD’s Plant Hospital

Inside UMD's Plant Diagnostics Lab, botanical medical mysteries meet scientific detective work

UMD BioFIRE Student Becomes Program’s First Doctoral Graduate

Jinyi “Cornelia” Zhu came to Maryland for the weather. She leaves with a B.S. in public health science, a Ph.D. in biological sciences, and gratitude for the freshman science program that started it all.

22 Science Terps Awarded 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

Since 2014, 174 current students and recent alums from CMNS have been awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. 

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