This summer we celebrated the retirement of Dr. David Straney from CBMG after over 35 years supporting and mentoring students at UMD. We wish Dr. Straney all the best in his well-deserved retirement!

This summer we celebrated the retirement of Dr. Steve Mount from CBMG after over 30 years supporting and mentoring students in the department. We wish Dr. Mount all the best in his well-deserved retirement!

Last week we celebrated the retirement of our former chair Dr. Norma Andrews from CBMG after 16 years working for the department. We wish Dr. Andrews all the best in her well-deserved retirement! 

Nine tenured/tenure-track faculty members, six instructional faculty members and 11 research faculty members were promoted in summer 2025.

Postdoc Kyle Brumfield and Distinguished University Professor Rita Colwell are working with an inter-university team to help mitigate the threat from waterborne pathogens.

Counsel from the Reed-Yorke Health Professions Advising Office helped Obiorah (B.S. ’24) get into the M.D./Ph.D. program at Washington University in St. Louis.

Biological sciences Ph.D. candidate Priyanka Bharadwaj studies an ancient plant that may hold the key to understanding how plants can adapt to and survive extreme conditions. 

Congratulations to the over 3,800 Spring 2025 semester Dean's List awardees from the University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

The awards will enable the students to conduct research and present at scientific conferences over the summer.

Eight faculty members share their favorite books—both old and new.