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.

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

Chemistry receives continuation grant and Biology receives grant for first time.

The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences welcomes four new tenure/tenure-track faculty members and six lecturers to the University of Maryland.

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