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.

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.

CMNS Receives Two Graduate Program Mentoring Excellence Awards

The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and the Biological Sciences Graduate Program received the awards.

UMD’s Gamer Symphony Orchestra Turns 20

The 150-member Gamer Symphony Orchestra, which includes around 60 Science Terps, brings the most epic computer game music into the real world.

Birding Class Takes Flight at UMD

Recently dubbed the “hot-girl hobby of the year,” a new birding course at UMD filled up within minutes of enrollment opening.

Changing Healthcare Technology, Changing Lives

As the keynote speaker for the 2026 CMNS Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony, Andy Balo (B.S. ’70, microbiology) will share how a passion for science, innovation and impact shaped his 53-year career in healthcare technology.

Fish and Invertebrates Suffer in Silence as Human-Made Noise Invades the Deep Blue Sea

UMD Biology Professor Emeritus Arthur N. Popper calls for studies of non-mammalian marine species affected by the sounds of deep-sea mining.

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