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2 Science Terp Faculty Members Named MPower Professors

Mihai Pop is among the researchers awarded $150,000 for collaborative work on pressing issues.

Seven faculty members—including two from the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) and four from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)—have been appointed 2025 MPower Professors, the University of Maryland...read more

UMD Organizes 35th Annual High School Programming Contest

Students from 28 high schools in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area competed in the three-hour contest.

The University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science welcomed high school students across the Washington, D.C., area on Saturday, February 8, 2025, for the 35th Annual High School Programming Contest (HSPC) at the Brendan Iribe...read more

UMD's Immersive Media Design Program Bridges Art and Technology

A Q&A with Roger Eastman on the program's vision, opportunities and impact.

The rapid integration of technology into everyday life has brought new possibilities for creative expression and innovation. One area seeing significant advancement is immersive media, which engages viewers with sight, sound and other sensory experiences,...read more

A ‘Jeopardy!’ Tournament of Terps

Jordan Boyd-Graber among the long list of Terps who have appeared on the iconic show.

If you tuned in to “Jeopardy!” on Sept. 21, 2016, you might have seen a young woman clicking desperately on her buzzer, mostly failing to time them to the exact moment that host Alex Trebek...read more

A New Reality For Physician Assistant Students

“Today is gonna be a really, really fun day for you,” Assistant Dean for Physician Assistant Education and Associate Professor Cheri Hendrix, DHEd, MSBME, PA-C, DFAAPA, told her class of 58 physician assistant (PA) students...read more

CS Ph.D. Student Jiasheng Li Receives 2024 HCIL Maryland Way Award for Research Excellence

Li received the award for his research in accessibility and interactive user interface design.

Jiasheng Li , a Ph.D. student in the University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science, has been awarded the 2024 HCIL Maryland Way Award for Research Excellence. Li received the award for his contributions to...read more

Creating a Cartoon You

Terp promotes on-screen representation by making avatars more customizable.

If Cassandra Lewis (B.S. '09, computer science) ever feels the urge to see how she’d look with a mohawk, instead of grabbing the clippers, she just opens her laptop. As head of avatar innovation at...read more

Softbank to invest $500 million in robotics startup Skild AI

UMD alum Abhinav Gupta leads Skild AI in advancing adaptable robotics intelligence.

Softbank is negotiating a $500 million investment in Skild AI , a software company building a financial model at a $4 billion valuation. Skild AI builds general-purpose robotic intelligence using cutting-edge machine learning algorithms to...read more

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