The University of Maryland Invention of the Year Awards were announced at the Celebration of Innovation and Partnerships event on April 29

Alumnus Willie May is a past Distinguished Advisor to the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

  Dr. Nicholas Corsepius was awarded the University of Maryland Distinguished Dissertation Prize

Brandon Ng has been awarded a 2015-16 Fulbright U.S. Student Grant to study in Israel. Ng has been a researcher in the laboratory of Jason Kahn

The UMD ACS Chapter is requesting funding for the 250th ACS National Meeting and Exposition in Boston, MA, which will take place from August 16-20, 2015.

University of Maryland researchers have developed chemical compounds that enhance the effectiveness of conventional antibiotics and inhibit the formation and persistence of biofilms.