Abba Gumel for being elected as the President of the Society for Mathematical Biology

Congratulations to Abba Gumel for being elected as the President of the Society for Mathematical Biology ( www.smb.org ). SMB was funded in 1973 as an international society to promote the development and dissemination of research and education at...

Henri Berestycki wins the 2026 Schauder Medal

Congratulations Henri Berestycki for winning the 2026 Schauder Medal. This medal is awarded to Henri for his exceptional achievements in nonlinear analysis and for his numerous applications in many other branches of science. Henri has been spending...

Doron Levy is elected SIAM Class of 2026 Fellow

Doron Levy was elected Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), class of 2026: https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-announces-2026-class-of-fellows . Dr. Levy is recognized for his amazingly-stellar...

Artem Chernikov awarded the Bessel Research Award by the Humboldt Foundation

This award is given annually to internationally renowned academics from outside of Germany in recognition of their research accomplishments. This award is named after Bessel and funded by the German ministry of education and research....

Mapping the Mind

Junior computer science and mathematics double major Brooke Guo analyzes neural connections to understand the causes of complex brain conditions like schizophrenia. When Brooke Guo arrived at the University of Maryland as a freshman in 2022, she...

Four Science Terps Awarded 2025 Goldwater Scholarships

Four undergraduates in the University of Maryland’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) have been awarded 2025 scholarships by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation , which encourages...
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New Study Charts Paths to End Cervical Cancer

UMD mathematicians identified vaccination strategies that could completely eliminate HPV-related...
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Assistant professor of mathematics Srivatsav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli. Credit: Mark Sherwood

UMD’s Math-Musician Chases His Next ‘Beautiful Idea’

Mathematics Assistant Professor Srivatsav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli discusses the surprising link...
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Finding Infinity in Planetary Motion

As Professor of Mathematics Dan Cristofaro-Gardiner prepares for one of his field’s biggest stages...
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February 2026 Awards and Honors

Read more about the members of our community who have been honored recently for their outstanding...
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From COVID-19 to ChatGPT: A Statistician's Quest to Improve Survey Statistics

Mathematics graduate student Aditi Sen's research refines survey analysis when few people...
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Brin MRC Workshop Honors Retirement of Reza Malek-Madani

The workshop participants reflected on 25 years of U.S. Office of Naval Research applied and...
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