Brain cells that support early structural development also transmit sensory information; discovery could enable early diagnosis of autism and other cognitive deficits.

Presson joined the university in 1987 and is assistant dean of undergraduate academic programs in the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

Faculty joined six departments and three research institutes in the college.

Collaboration between the University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, finds two genes involved in invasive, spreading infection underneath skin.

Murphy will study the impact of drug and alcohol use on HIV treatment.

Eight were promoted to the rank of professor and six to associate professor with tenure.

Promotions included 12 instructional faculty members and 54 research faculty members.

Created by alumni to honor their educator and mentor, this is the first endowed professorship in biology.

Professor Elizabeth Quinlan is building on more than a decade of research in rodents to see if visual deprivation—spending extended periods of time in total darkness—can help restore normal vision in adults with lazy eye.

Anna Lowien and Emma Thrift receive scholarships from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.