Remembering Former Dean Jacob Robert "Bob" Dorfman (1937-2025)

Dorfman played a critical role in laying the foundation for UMD to achieve excellence.

UMD-Led Study Discovers Warm Space Dust in Distant Place

Astronomer Sylvain Veilleux helped to detect dust far outside the body of a galaxy in a reservoir of hot gas, raising questions about how these particles survived such a long and volatile journey. 

UMD’s App Dev Club Bridges Gap Between Classroom and Industry
The club helps students get hands-on experience in computing.
Biology Professor Carlos Machado Answers Questions About Coevolution

The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences hosted a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything spotlighting evolutionary biology research.

Zhanqing Li Awarded Verner E. Suomi Technology Medal from the American Meteorological Society

The award recognizes Li “for fundamental contributions in the application of remote sensing to quantifying Earth’s energy budget, including the impacts of aerosols and their interactions with clouds."

UMD Computer Scientists Receive NSF Funding for Privacy-Preserving Computing

Leonidas Lampropoulos and Ian Miers will study how programming languages can better support secure computation.

Unusual Deposits on Moon’s Near Side Suggest Possibility of ‘Unique Volcanic Process’

Three University of Maryland researchers helped unravel a lunar mystery hiding in plain sight.

29 Faculty Members Promoted in UMD’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

Nine tenured/tenure-track faculty members, six instructional faculty members and 11 research faculty members were promoted in summer 2025.

Tracking Climate-Linked Pathogens Through DNA Science

Postdoc Kyle Brumfield and Distinguished University Professor Rita Colwell are working with an inter-university team to help mitigate the threat from waterborne pathogens.

Exploring the Secret Lives of Figs and Fig Wasps

Biology Professor Carlos Machado studies the extraordinary partnership between figs and their microscopic pollinators—and what happens when some evolutionary partners turn into ‘cheaters’.

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