William Ryan (M.S. '90, Meteorology) Received a 2025 Alumni Excellence Legacy Award

After a year at the University of Illinois-Chicago updating his physics and mathematics skills, Ryan received a meteorology fellowship at Maryland. It wasn’t a far leap to consider such a field. It’s a career that came about, also with his dad’s influences.

Fang-Zhen Teng (Ph.D. '05, Geology) Receives 2025 Alumni Excellence Award for Research

As a Maryland doctoral student, Fang-Zhen Teng was one of just two students enrolled in a course on isotope geochemistry, which considers the smallest unit of matter in an element-the atom-that still retains the chemical properties of that element.

Courtney Grimes (Ph.D. '21, Chemistry) Receives 2025 Alumni Excellence Award for Research

Courtney Grimes (Ph.D. '21, chemistry) is rallying environmental justice communities to advocate for their own health and welfare.

UMD-NIST Researcher Helps Develop Novel ‘Quantum Refrigerator’

A new technology developed by UMD-NIST researchers cools quantum processors to unprecedented temperatures, helping keep next-gen computers error-free.

UMD Astronomer Prepares for Upcoming NASA Mission to Investigate Mysterious Moon Domes

With NASA’s selection of a partner to deliver the Lunar VISE mission payload to the moon’s Gruithuisen Domes, scientists take another step toward understanding lunar formation and evolution.

Program Manager, Science Academy
Graduate Assistant
Studio Director, Science Academy
‘One of the Best Things I Ever Did’

With her generous gift, Susan Murphy (B.S. ’75, mathematics) funded a Maryland Promise Program scholarship to provide students with financial, mentoring and networking opportunities.

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