Dela Cruz was recognized for her ongoing commitment to ensuring UMD bioscience laboratories receive all the materials they need, one delivery at a time.
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These high-achieving students will lead their classmates into the university's Commencement Ceremony.
The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and the Biological Sciences Graduate Program received the awards.
College discoveries won the physical sciences and quantum technology categories. In addition, Anne Simon, a professor of cell biology and molecular genetics, received a special recognition award for her significant contributions to UMD's innovation ecosystem.
As the keynote speaker for the 2026 CMNS Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony, Andy Balo (B.S. ’70, microbiology) will share how a passion for science, innovation and impact shaped his 53-year career in healthcare technology.
This year's awardees were selected from a pool of hundreds of nominations from the Science Terp community.
Over 4,200 students from our college are set to graduate in May 2026.
Biological sciences Ph.D. student John Labella channels impressions from a sci-fi bestseller and research experiences in biotech as he develops novel genetic tools and problem-solving technology.
Jinyi “Cornelia” Zhu came to Maryland for the weather. She leaves with a B.S. in public health science, a Ph.D. in biological sciences, and gratitude for the freshman science program that started it all.
