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Siegall (B.S. ’82, zoology) co-founded Seattle Genetics and Greklek-McKeon is graduating with bachelor’s degrees in astronomy and physics.

Ten stories—one from each of our departments—highlight some of the most exciting scientific discoveries made by faculty members in the college during the last half-century.

UMD Astronomy Professor Coleman Miller co-authored wide-ranging review article for 150th anniversary of the journal Nature.

Awardees include two current undergraduate students and eight recent alumni, one of whom is a current CMNS graduate student.

Team led by UMD postdoctoral fellow reveals the environment around a relatively small black hole in unprecedented detail.

Have you ever wanted to see a comet with your own eyes?

UMD physicists contribute to identification of events that now total 10 black hole mergers and one neutron star merger.

Observations reveal early stages of black hole mergers during final stages of galaxy coalescence.

Previously known as the Joint Space-Science Institute (JSI) Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship, the fellowship was renamed in honor of JSI founding member Neil Gehrels (1952–2017).

The faculty members joined nine departments in the college.

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope celebrates 10 years of observations with a map of 21 constellations connecting known gamma-ray sources.

Simulation reveals particle behaviors that may help explain how neutron stars emit gamma-ray and radio pulses.