Wendell Hill Named Director of UMD’s Institute for Physical Science and Technology

He has been a faculty member in the institute since 1982.

Portrait of Krandhasi Kodaiarasu Krandhasi Kodaiarasu

Graduate Assistant, CMNS Teaching & Learning Center

Grand Challenges Grants 2.0 Direct UMD Research to Societal Good

The program awarded nearly $15 million in grants, building on the success of its inaugural round. 

UMD’s Pratyush Tiwary Receives $902K Grant to Develop Energy-Efficient AI for Chemical Sciences

The three-year award from the U.S. Department of Energy is a second renewal, bringing the total over nine years to $2.3M.

Dean's List: Spring 2026

Congratulations to the over 3,600 Spring 2026 semester Dean's List awardees from the University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

Portrait of Rachael Clairmont Rachael Clairmont

Associate Director of Events and Alumni Relations

Portrait of Jennifer Holland Jennifer Holland

Science Writer/Media Coordinator

UMD to Launch 2 Bachelor’s Degrees to Explore Technical, Human Dimensions of AI

Starting in Fall 2027, the Bachelor of Science in AI will teach students to build AI systems and algorithms from the ground up, understanding the training of models from data and systems perspectives and then use those techniques in interdisciplinary applications. 

A New Kind of Entanglement Helps Quantum Sensors Tune Out Noise

They then developed two ways to create these states inside an optical cavity, a pair of mirrors about one inch apart that bounce photons back and forth. 

Meet Yasmine Tajeddin, the Programmer of the Opera

The senior computer science and music double major never performed publicly before coming to UMD. Now, she’s eyeing a career as a professional opera singer.