For kids recovering from neck surgery, putting a floppy contraption over their heads to measure range of motion can be scary and uncomfortable. Now, thanks to UMD students in the App Dev Club, doctors can use a digital tool that offers immediate, precise measurements instead.
A biological sciences major at the University of Maryland was awarded a 2026 scholarship by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, which encourages research careers in the sciences, mathematics and engineering.
Emilio A. Fernandez ’69 is funding the creation of the iSTEM@UMD program to attract what he calls “zig-zag learners”—divergent thinkers who approach problems that interest them with single-minded intensity to the exclusion of other subjects.
