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Professor emerita Ann Wylie has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). read more...
Graduate Student Ashley Hanna won an Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the AGU 2024 Annual Meeting.
Graduate student Karla Núñez has been selected for the Graduate School’s Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Fang-Zhen Teng (Ph.D '05) received a UMD Alumni Excellence Award in Research. This award recognizes alumni that make positive impacts on the world through their research. read more...

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