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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.

A side project on salmon ears led Allison Coffin (Ph.D.

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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.

The Institutional National Research Service Award (T32) training grant that has enabled the University of Maryland’s

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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.

Nicholas Rachmaninoff (Ph.D.

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Rachel Lipman

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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.

A childhood spent following their father around the halls of UMD’s Department of Physics led twins Syl

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CMNS Receives Two Graduate Program Mentoring Excellence Awards

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

Two graduate programs in the University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences receive

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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.

The 150-member organization, which includes around 60 Science Terps, brings the most epic computer game music in

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Congratulations to the College's May 2026 Candidates for Graduation!

Over 4,200 students from our college are set to graduate in May 2026.

Congratulations to the May 2026 candidates for graduation from the University of Maryland's College of Computer,

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BISI Graduate Student Award Winners 2026

Congratulations to all the BISI graduate student winners and their advisors for receiving prestigious awards this spring.

Congratulations to all the BISI graduate student winners and their advisors for receiving prestigious awards this spr

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UMD BioFIRE Student Becomes Program’s First Doctoral Graduate

Jinyi “Cornelia” Zhu came to Maryland for the weather. She leaves with a B.S. in public health science, a Ph.D. in biological sciences, and gratitude for the freshman science program that started it all.

Jinyi “Cornelia” Zhu came to Maryland for the weather. She leaves with a B.S. in public health science, a Ph.D.

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