Maryland Department of Commerce initiative matches private donations for endowed chairs in the life sciences and computer science at UMD.

Alumni join forces to create new endowed life sciences chair.

Unusual collaboration between biologists and linguists yields insights into some cancers and age-related diseases.

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.

Karen Lips and Sumant Nigam will each spend a year at the State Department or USAID.

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.