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  • Evolutionary Biologist Sean B. Carroll, bearded with glasses.
    The Art of Science Storytelling
    16 Jun 26

    Evolutionary biologist, author and film producer Sean B. Carroll believes that science is best communicated through stories that stick. 

  • Sara Gallager in a blue Smithsonian shirt poses in front of bamboo.
    A Bird in the Hand…and the Heart
    09 Jun 26

    Unlikely bird keeper Sara Hallager (B.S. ’89, zoology) took flight at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, becoming curator of birds and a devotee to their protection.

  • Katrina Dela Cruz and Amitabh Varshney at the CMNS Staff Awards
    Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics’ Katrina Dela Cruz Receives 2026 Dean’s Outstanding Employee Award
    09 Jun 26

    Dela Cruz was recognized for her ongoing commitment to ensuring UMD bioscience laboratories receive all the materials they need, one delivery at a time.

  • Outdoor portrait of brunette woman, Dr. Allison Coffin.
    Listening to What the Fish Say About Hearing Loss
    08 Jun 26

    A side project on salmon ears led Allison Coffin (Ph.D. '05, biological sciences) to a biomedical sciences career she never expected.

  • A headshot of a man in a white dress shirt, baby blue tie and royal blue sweater. He is situated in front of a gray background.
    UMD Senior Joshua Mathew Wins 2026 Astronaut Scholarship
    05 Jun 26

    Mathew hopes the scholarship will launch his career as a physician-scientist who develops new cancer treatments.

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    T32 Training Grant Renewed for UMD's Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing
    02 Jun 26

    The grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders has supported numerous pre- and post-doctoral students over the past 32 years.

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    UMD's Quantitative Biology Initiative Announces Inaugural Postdoctoral Fellow Cohort
    28 May 26

    Spencer Hobson-Gutierrez, Julie Pourtois and James Richardson will work with QBI faculty, staff and students for three years to address critical issues in the life sciences using quantitative approaches.

  • Brown haired man with beard and blue jacket smiling with his chin on his hand in front of water and rocks.
    A Computational Mind Drives a Scientist to the Bioinformatics of Immunity
    26 May 26

    Nicholas Rachmaninoff (Ph.D. ’23, biological sciences) found his passion in the data-driven analysis of the immune system, using math and code to understand how the body fights disease.

  • A group of graduates wearing regalia carrying gonfalon into commencement
    23 Science Terps Named 2026 Senior Marshals
    18 May 26

    These high-achieving students will lead their classmates into the university's Commencement Ceremony.

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    Pooja Guhan, Tauksik Anil Kumar and Raina Saraiya Selected as 2026 CMNS Commencement Student Speakers
    18 May 26

    Guhan (Ph.D. '25, computer science), Kumar (M.S. '26, data science) and Saraiya (B.S. '25, neuroscience) will be the student speakers at the three CMNS Commencement Ceremonies.

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