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Dr. Hilary Bierman awarded Provost’s Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty

We would like to congratulate the Director of the Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience, Dr. Hilary Bierman on being awarded the Provost’s Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty.

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Senior Neuroscience Major and mental health advocate Zafir Naseem

Senior Neuroscience Major Zafir Naseem participates in panel on student mental health

One of the most pressing challenges in higher education today is addressing the crisis of student mental health. Senior Neuroscience major Zafir Naseem is on a mission to attack this problem head on through his work as an advocate with UMD’s chapter of Active Minds, a nonprofit focusing on student mental health issues.

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CMNS Dean Amitabh Varshney presents the award to Victoria Fitzgerald. Credit: Thai Nguyen.

Meet Victoria Fitzgerald: Thelma M. Williams Advisor of the Year Award Winner

We are so proud of Victoria Fitzgerald, the senior advisor for the neuroscience major, for winning the Thelma M. Williams Advisor of the Year Award from the University of Maryland’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences! Vicki has provided incredible support and guidance for our students and deserves recognition for all of her hard work.

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