UMD biological sciences Ph.D. student Damani Eubanks is protecting forests and mentoring the next generation of environmental stewards.

Since 2022, they have plumbed the intriguing depths of this disciplinary fusion, uncovering a deeper understanding of how the everyday world emerges from the quantum realm of tiny particles.

Entomology doctoral student Helen Craig (B.S. '22, biological sciences) and biological sciences major Maya Hensley chat about six types of bugs you could eat. In Entomology Professor Bill Lamp’s lab, they researched the environmental, nutritional and economic benefits of eating insects and published an article in American Entomologist this spring.

John Mather has made a career of looking to the heavens, leading projects that have revealed invisible stories written across the sky and helped us understand our place in the universe.

Drawing on her own success story, Caroline Solomon (Ph.D. ’06, marine estuarine and environmental sciences) inspires deaf and hard-of-hearing college students to pursue careers in STEM fields.

UMD President Darryll J. Pines & Computer Science Professor Hal Daumé III speak on the impact of AI in education and society at a recent global summit.

UMD achieved its highest-ever ranking, climbing one place to No. 16 among public schools.

Students in the ASTR 315: “Astronomy in Practice” class measured the asteroid’s light curve and rotation period, then gave it a Terp-inspired rebrand.

The undergraduate program ranks in the Top 10 among public institutions overall and in the specialties of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, according to U.S. News & World Report.

The department landed in 14th place, its best in the 49-year history of the competition, surpassing 23rd-place results in 2009 and 2010.