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SCIENCE IN A SHELL

The E-newsletter of the UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

NOVEMBER 2018

College Welcomes 19 New Faculty Members

The faculty members joined nine departments in the college. More »


New Method Peeks Inside the "Black Box" of Artificial Intelligence Computer Science's Jordan Boyd-Graber helps explain why machine learning algorithms sometimes generate nonsensical answers. More »	Biology's Arthur Popper Publishes 67th Book in Auditory Research Series Popper, who retired in 2014, remains involved in research on hearing and on the effects of man-made sound on marine life. More »


Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics' Gilad Ofek Solves the Crystal Structure of an Ebola-related Antibody The research lays important groundwork for the development of cross-species Ebola vaccines and therapeutics. More »	All in the Family: Kin of Gravitational Wave Source Discovered New observations by UMD astronomers suggest that immense cosmic explosions called kilonovae may be more common than previously thought. More »


Chemistry & Biochemistry's Christopher Jarzynski Awarded American Physical Society's Lars Onsager Prize Jarzynski was honored for outstanding research in theoretical statistical physics. More »	Physics' Raman Sundrum Awarded American Physical Society's J.J. Sakurai Prize Sundrum was honored for a model proposing that a warped extra dimension exists in the universe, which solves a longstanding problem in theoretical particle physics. More »


Astronomy's Erin Kara Awarded Inaugural Neil Gehrels Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship The Joint Space-Science Institute (JSI) Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship was renamed this year to honor JSI founding member Neil Gehrels (1952–2017). More »	NASA's Fermi Mission Energizes the Sky with Gamma-ray Constellations UMD astronomers helped the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope celebrate 10 years of observations with a map of 21 constellations connecting known gamma-ray sources. More »

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Photo Album: Bioscience Day Poster Session	Photo Album: CMNS Ice Cream Social	Photo Album: An Evening of Gratitude

Tues.

Nov 27

Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture

Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Jeffery Davis will speak about "Sticking and Stacking: Building Molecular Cages, Channels and Gels." More »

Wed.

Nov 28

Science on Tap

Join us for our monthly lecture series at MilkBoy ArtHouse. Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm will tell us about "Water, soil, vegetation and climate: How nature can teach us to live on a budget." More »

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