Chris Carroll

Chris Carroll came to the University of Maryland in 2015 to write mostly about science, and a little about everything else. In nearly 20 years as a journalist, he was a staff writer at Stars and Stripes, National Geographic Magazine, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and others. The University of Missouri School of Journalism graduate has reported from about 30 countries, but only 16 or 17 U.S. states.

Apr 12, 2023

Rising to a Grand Challenge: Food, Energy and Water in a Changing Climate

Institutional Grant Team Works for Balanced Approaches to Existential Problems

Mar 31, 2023

Moving Beyond ‘Getting Tough’

Amid Spiraling Violence, Criminologist Studies New Approaches to Gun Crime

Mar 14, 2023

Why Noncompetes Could Soon Be a Non-Thing

Maryland Economist’s Studies Have Fueled Federal Drive to Ban Controversial Employee Contracts

Feb 27, 2023

Faculty Fungus Expert Puts ‘The Last of Us’ Under the Microscope

Show’s Mushroom Apocalypse May Not Hold Up to Scientific Scrutiny, But It’s Far From Utter Fantasy

movie still of Ant-Man staring at quantum

Feb 20, 2023

‘Quantumania’ Meets Quantum Reality

We Took the Chair of Physics to Marvel’s Latest Hit to See How Well It Explains the Buzzy, Bewildering Subject

collage of green plant, the Earth, and a hand writing the alphabet

Feb 16, 2023

$30M in Grand Challenges Grants Awarded

Funded Projects Pursue Global Good, Targeting Climate, Racial Justice, Energy and More

Fatema Hosseini is shown in front of a projected image of Afghans lining up to board a military jet

Feb 09, 2023

The Dreams of Fatema

Driven From Afghanistan by Extremism, a UMD Journalism Student Envisions a Better Future for Her Homeland

Feb 07, 2023

How a UMD Researcher Helped an Oscar Nominee Take Flight

Documentary on Bird-Rescuing Brothers Has Already Won at Sundance, Cannes

Dec 06, 2022

‘Meaningful, Tangible, Real-world Impact’

Provost Provides Update on Grand Challenges Grants, Announces New Award Category

Nov 30, 2022

Terrapin Fast

New Zaratan High-performance Computer Boosts UMD Researchers’ Problem-solving Power

President Pines and Dr. Bourla talk onstage

Oct 25, 2022

‘Science Will Be Able to Deliver’

Pfizer CEO Shares Challenges and Triumphs of Developing First COVID Vaccine in Presidential Forum

Oct 19, 2022

The Modern Battle for Maryland’s Oysters

UMD Researchers Use AI and Robotics to Save Struggling Industry After Diseases (and Pirates) Plunder Cheasapeake’s Bounty

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