Three AOSC faculty members received major national awards at the recent annual meetings of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) (Houston, January 2026) and the American Geophysical Union (New Orleans, Dec. 2025).

Three AOSC faculty members received major national awards at the recent annual meetings of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) (Houston, January 2026) and the American Geophysical Union (New Orleans, Dec. 2025).
Students from across the University of Maryland can now incorporate climate science into their career preparation.
Over 200 students from our college graduated in August 2025.
UMD Researchers in Computer Science, Art and Earth Science, including AOSC Associate Professor Sinead Farrell, Collaborate on 3D Renderings
These 10 CMNS classes help undergraduates understand and apply artificial intelligence.
The University of Maryland is helping to keep the residents and businesses in Maryland safe from severe weather with the Maryland Mesonet and Maryland HydroNet.
Zhanqing Li has been awarded the AGU John Tyndall History of Global Environmental Change Lectureship for his exceptional contributions to advancing atmospheric, environmental, and global change sciences.
UMD scientists are leading a multi-national effort to create an AI-powered early warning system for disease outbreaks.
The award recognizes Li “for fundamental contributions in the application of remote sensing to quantifying Earth’s energy budget, including the impacts of aerosols and their interactions with clouds."
Led by UMD Atmospheric and Oceanic Science researchers, this novel experiment is revealing how thunderstorms affect our climate and how Earth’s atmosphere breaks down pollution.