Jagdeep Singh and Boyan Xia to Speak at College’s Spring Commencement Ceremony

The ceremony will be held on May 22, 2017, at 4 p.m. at the Xfinity Center on campus.

College’s Alumni Network Announces 2017 Summer Undergraduate Award Winners

Six students receive funding.

Autism May Begin Early in Brain Development

Brains of mice with autism-like symptoms develop neural defects when first circuits take shape.

College Receives Fourth NIH Training Grant in the Life Sciences

New grant in virology and renewal of host-pathogen interactions grant add to programs in comparative and evolutionary biology of hearing, and cell and molecular biology.

Murky Amazon Waters Cloud Fish Vision

South American cichlid fish have restricted use of genes shared with African relatives.

Rita Colwell and Iain San Hoi Forrest to Speak at College’s December Commencement Ceremony

The ceremony will be held on December 21, 2016, at 3:30 p.m. at the Xfinity Center on campus.

UMD Receives $3M NSF Grant to Train Graduate Students in Network Biology

Participants will learn to marry physics-style quantitative modeling with methods from computer science to gain deeper insights into living systems.

$2.1 Million from the State of Maryland will Match Private Donations for Two Endowed Chairs at UMD

Maryland Department of Commerce initiative matches private donations for endowed chairs in the life sciences and computer science at UMD.

UMD Rising Juniors Awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships

The competitive program provides fully funded, group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences over a period of seven to 10 weeks.

Ali Hirsa and Anthony Trinh to Speak at College’s Spring Commencement Ceremony

Alumnus Ali Hirsa (M.A. ’97, Ph.D. ’98, Applied Mathematics) and Biological Sciences Senior Anthony Trinh selected as keynote and student speakers.

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