At Impossible Foods, Alumna Uncovers Meat’s Mysteries

Ranjani Varadan Ph.D. ’04 is vice president of research and development at Impossible Foods.

The plant-based meat company Impossible Foods has a health

- 3 February 2020
UMD Science Major Wins Prestigious Churchill Scholarship

Senior Tanay Wakhare, a mathematics and computer science double degree student, was awarded the scholarship.

Senior Tanay Wakhare from the University of Maryland’s

- 29 January 2020
UMD-led Study Named Science’s Most Impactful Paper of 2019

American Association for the Advancement of Science awards Newcomb Cleveland prize to study of transgenic fungus designed to control malaria-carrying mosquito populations in West Africa.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded its 2019 Newcomb Cleveland Prize to University

- 24 January 2020
2020 Summer Science Camps at UMD for K-12 Students

The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences offers 2020 summer camps in entomology, physics, computer science, biomedical science and more.

The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences offers 2020 summer camps in physics, computer s

- 24 January 2020
Dean's List: Fall 2019

Over 2,700 students were named to the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Dean's List for Fall 2019.

Congratulations to the over 2,700 Fall 2019 semester Dean's List awardees from the University of Maryla

- 22 January 2020
Dhruv Dewan
Dhruv Dewan
Computer Science Major
Math Minor
Elkridge, MD
Gemstone Honors Program
First Asteroid Found Inside Orbit of Venus

Research team that includes UMD astronomer discovered an asteroid with one of the shortest "years" known.

Research team that inc

- 16 January 2020
ocean photo
Are We Losing a Key Climate Change Buffer?

New high-resolution maps show limited ocean capacity to absorb excess carbon dioxide.

New high-resolution maps show limited ocean capacity to absorb excess carbon dioxide

An internatio

- 9 January 2020
Visual Deprivation Lowers Threshold for Enzymatic Pathway that Rejuvenates Synaptic Plasticity in the Brain

UMD neurobiologists show that the reactivation of a mechanism called synaptic proteolysis by darkness can be used to promote recovery from visual disorders.

Aging restricts the ability to change the number and strength of synapses, the connections between neurons.

- 7 January 2020
Astronomers Spot Distant Galaxy Group Driving Ancient Cosmic Makeover

UMD astronomer Sylvain Veilleux helped discover the farthest galaxy group to date.

An international team of astronomers that includes the University of Maryland’s

- 6 January 2020
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