LeAnne Young has been awarded a full-tuition scholarship from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

UMD is one of five institutions with all four nominees named scholars: sophomore Yousuf Khan and juniors Adam Berger, Katherine Cordwell and Mark Moretto.

Prestigious NSF fellowships recognize outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

Finding could lead to treatments for rare genetic illness as well as normal aging.

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Professor Zhanqing Li and alumni Tamar Barkay and Leonard Fine receive the honor.

Five seniors in the college received the honor: Marissa Dattler, Ryan Kuo, Neomi Rao, Julia Wainger and Sarahann Yeh.

Dinman has been serving as interim chair of the department since July 1, 2014.

New discovery could help prevent the formation of infectious bacterial films on hospital equipment.

Antia is spending her summer learning Hindi in Jaipur, India, as a Critical Language Scholarship recipient.

This competitive fellowship provides up to $90,000 in support for two years of graduate study.