Alum Merges Diving Hobby with Decompression Sickness Research

Biological sciences graduate Grant Dong discovers his passion for working with people.

College Raises $200M for UMD Fearless Ideas Campaign

Alumni and supporters from around the world helped the college raise funds for facilities, research, faculty and student support.

The Power of BioFIRE’s Living-Learning Community

BioFIRE offers incoming students a community of faculty, staff and peers.

Exploring 'Rules of Life' of Natural Neuronal Networks Could Lead to Faster, More Efficient Computers

Professor Ricardo Araneda is a co-PI for Learning the Rules of Neuronal Learning, a five-year grant in NSF’s Emerging Frontiers “Understanding the Rules of Learning” program. The project will begin January 1, 2022.

UMD’s ‘Shark Lady’ to Be Honored With U.S. Postage Stamp

Pioneering late marine researcher took the world along for the ride—literally.

UMD Biology’s Scott Juntti Receives $1.9M Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award

The award from the National Institutes of Health will support his pioneering research to understand how biology influences behavior.

Wide Heads Help Sperm Swim Together

New study from UMD shows that machine learning can help identify cell shapes associated with complex cell behaviors.

Disability Invisibility in Academia

Neuroscience and Cognitive Science graduate students Ira Kraemer (advisor: Catherine Carr) and Elizabeth Kolberg wrote an essay in Acoustics Today on how to support disabled people in research and beyond.

Brain Makes Sense of Math and Language in Different Ways

A new paper by a group of University of Maryland researchers including Professor Jonathan Simon in the Journal of Neuroscience determines that these cortical networks naturally segregate when listeners are asked to pay attention to either math or to language in a situation where both are present.

Graduate Student Theresa Alexander Studies Changes in Neurons that Affect Mammals’ Sleep Cycles

The most recent research conducted by Alexander (advisor: Colenso Speer) focuses on investigating a specific neuronal cell type that syncs mammals' sleep/wake cycle—known as circadian rhythm—to the sun cycle.

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