Making a Difference, One Face Shield Part at a Time

UMD chemist helps manufacture COVID-19 protection for medical workers in his home.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Awarded to 17 Science Terps

CMNS awardees include eight current undergraduates, three recent alumni, and six current graduate students (one of whom is also a recent graduate).

Four Science Terps Named 2020 Goldwater Scholars

Over the last decade, UMD’s nominations yielded 33 scholarships—the most in the nation.

Scientist on Skates. Meet Entomologist–and Roller Derby Player–Anahí Espíndola

University of Maryland students may know Anahí Espíndola as an Assistant Professor of Entomology, but off campus she's a starting player on the DC Rollergirls roller derby team.

Three College Faculty Members Receive Prestigious Simons Fellowships

Jacob Bedrossian, Christopher Jarzynski and Leonid Koralov earned yearlong sabbaticals to focus on research.

More than One Way to Skin A Planet

As seismographic data from Mars reveals a quaking planet, analysis of meteorites and satellite data offers a new compositional model that identifies layers inside the red planet.

A Perfect (Math) Match: Meet Alumni Couple Ira Schwartz and Janine Tucker

Two applied mathematics graduates met at UMD in 1976 and have been married for 41 years.

Senior Crystal Li Prepares to Take Her Research to the Next Level

Li has been conducting biofilms research for over a year and will begin semi-independent research in the spring for her departmental honors thesis.

First Direct Seismic Measurements of Mars Reveal a Geologically Active Planet

Scientific team including UMD geologists analyzed marsquakes from the InSight mission to find a planet with geological activity similar to both Earth and the Moon.

When Frogs Die Off, Snake Diversity Plummets

University of Maryland biologist Karen Lips helps find a significant drop in snake diversity following amphibian declines from chytrid fungus.

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