Meet the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at UMD

CMNS is a college where pioneers, scholars and innovators learn, collaborate and innovate to build a better future.

Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics’ Katrina Dela Cruz Receives 2026 Dean’s Outstanding Employee Award

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

Listening to What the Fish Say About Hearing Loss

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

UMD Senior Joshua Mathew Wins 2026 Astronaut Scholarship

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

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

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.

UMD's Quantitative Biology Initiative Announces Inaugural Postdoctoral Fellow Cohort

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.

A Computational Mind Drives a Scientist to the Bioinformatics of Immunity

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.

23 Science Terps Named 2026 Senior Marshals

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

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

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.

UMD Was Sylvester Gates III’s ‘Second Home.’ Now It’s His Ph.D. Alma Mater.

A childhood spent following their father around the halls of UMD’s Department of Physics led twins Sylvester and Delilah Gates to scientific careers researching the brain and the cosmos.

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