News & Events

Thu, Dec 4, 2008

College of Chemical & Life Sciences Plays Key Role in NSF-Funded Partnership to Boost STEM-Career Pipeline for Minorities

The National Science Foundation has awarded the University System of Maryland (USM) in partnership with Prince George's County Public Schools and Prince George's Community College a five-year, $12.4 million grant to enhance STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) teaching and learning experiences in Prince George's County schools. The College of Chemical and Life Sciences will receive $500,000 over five years for its role in this project, which includes training high school teachers in how to teach inquiry-based science in local classrooms, providing undergraduate community college students with hands-on research experiences at UM, and for giving minority undergraduate students an internship experience teaching at area high schools.

Tue, Dec 2, 2008

New Chapter of Association for Women in Science Bolsters Female Scientists, Engineers, and Mathematicians at UM

With the launch of a new University of Maryland chapter of the Association for Women and Science in October, female scientists, engineers, and mathematicians now have a formal support network to bolster their educational and career success. Dr. Debra Weinstein, Associate Director of the Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, launched the chapter because she and female colleagues identified that many women scientists at the University of Maryland could benefit from the experiences of and advise from other women scientists. “We need a forum for women who have shared interests and goals to get together,” Weinstein says. “We are a minority still and effective mentoring and support can be a tremendously positive influence.”

Tue, Nov 11, 2008

University Celebrates DARWIN'S 200th Birthday on BIOSCIENCE DAY

University of Maryland's annual Bioscience Day this year celebrates Darwin's life with a visit by his "ghost," a talk by Pulitzer-Prize-winning scientist E.O. Wilson, a session for high school teachers on teaching evolution in classrooms where faith and science sometimes clash, and revolutionary new findings in evolutionary science.

Tue, Jul 8, 2008

Yale Professor Norma Andrews to Head Dept. of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics

Professor Norma Windsor Andrews from the School of Medicine at Yale University has accepted the position as Chair of the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics. Dr. Andrews’ formal appointment will begin January 2, 2009.

Mon, Mar 10, 2008

Fuel from Trash, Not From Food

Dr. Steven Hutcheson decided to go into the biofuels business while listening to George Bush’s 2006 State of the Union address. “America is addicted to oil…,” Bush said publicly for the first time. “The best way to break this addiction is through technology.” Among other initiatives, the president announced funding for research in cutting-edge methods of ethanol production, not just from corn grain, but from wood chips and corn stalks, and energy crops like switch grass.