UMD Receives $8 Million to Combat Hearing Loss in Older Americans
Oct 16, 2017
Multidisciplinary research will examine strategies to improve communication challenges for millions of senior citizens.
UMD Partners with Signature Science, Fraunhofer on DNA Screening to Detect Biological Threats
Oct 6, 2017
With funding from IARPA, researchers will work on next-generation computational and bioinformatics tools to screen DNA sequences.
UMB, UMCP Announce New Strategic Partnership Signature Projects
Oct 5, 2017
Marking the one-year anniversary, University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State continues to demonstrate innovation and impact throughout the state.
UMD Named Top Producer of Minority Graduates
Sep 6, 2017
The University of Maryland has been named a Top 100 Minority Degree Producer, ranking No. 34 overall for conferring the most undergraduate degrees to minority students and No. 66 overall for graduate and professional degrees.
University of Maryland Undergraduates Develop Tools to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease before Patients Show Symptoms
Aug 29, 2017
“Synapto” awarded first place in 2017 NIH DEBUT Challenge.
New UMD Hyperloop Pod Races Against Rivals this Weekend
Aug 25, 2017
Students compete in second SpaceX competition.
Large, Distant Comets More Common Than Previously Thought
Aug 24, 2017
UMD-led study suggests there are about seven times more “long-period” comets than predicted.
UMD's Colwell Awarded 2017 International Prize for Biology
Aug 18, 2017
Renowned scientist honored for discoveries in marine microbiology, bioinformatics and cholera prevention.
UMD Scientists Find First Clear Evidence of an Upper Level Atmosphere on an Exoplanet
Aug 7, 2017
Distant “hot Jupiter” has a glowing water stratosphere hot enough to boil iron
Gamma-ray Burst Captured in Unprecedented Detail
Jul 28, 2017
UMD-led team uses data from multiple telescopes to address long-standing questions about the universe’s most powerful explosions.
