From helping build the technology behind Disney+ and ESPN+ to leading experience engineering at SiriusXM, Jared Wolinsky (B.S. ’09, @umdcs) has built a career around large-scale consumer platforms.
Read More: go.umd.edu/Wolinsky-1-2026
Computing Catalyst’s annual Tech Block Party brought students together with campus organizations, UMD programs and industry representatives at Hornbake Plaza on Sept. 25.
See highlights from the event in our latest In Pictures feature: go.umd.edu/TechblockParty…
What keeps people going during their darkest moments?
New research led by @UofMaryland computational linguist Philip Resnik analyzed more than 16,000 firsthand accounts to identify recurring reasons people choose to keep going.
Read more: go.umd.edu/Resnik-9-2026
Join @umdcs Assistant Professor Yafan Huang on Oct. 2 for a seminar talk on making large-scale computing systems more efficient and reliable as they handle growing amounts of data and increasingly complex workloads.
For a limited time, you can make a purchase that celebrates computer science and supports our community.
Be part of it today and carry a little CS Terp spirit wherever you go. The store closes on October 11.
Shop now: go.umd.edu/Merch-9-2026