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Satellite data: The other type of smartphone data you might not know about
Co-written by Alicia Sabatino ’20, M.S. ’24, geography and environmental systems, UMBC. When you think about location data on your mobile phone, tablet or laptop, what comes to mind? Mailing...
Posted: February 21, 2023, 12:04 PM
Tackling food insecurity in disasters: UMBC’s Lauren Clay develops a new model through $520K NSF CAREER award
When disasters happen, access to food can be interrupted, which can increase existing food insecurity issues and compound the impact of disasters. Currently, there isn’t a standard tool to measure...
Posted: October 26, 2022, 9:12 AM
Biden again indicates that US will defend Taiwan ‘militarily’ – does this constitute a change in policy?
Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, UMBC. President Joe Biden has – not for the first time – suggested that the U.S. would intervene “militarily” should China...
Posted: September 19, 2022, 4:07 PM
Americans think they know a lot about politics – and it’s bad for democracy that they’re so often wrong in their confidence
Ian Anson, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMBC As statewide primaries continue through the summer, many Americans are beginning to think about which candidates they will support in...
Posted: September 2, 2022, 2:21 PM
UMBC’s Nkiru Nnawulezi and D.C. community partners make the case for survivor-centered housing services
In fall 2016 the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence (DCCADV) approached Nkiru Nnawulezi for her help collecting data on the experiences of domestic violence survivors in Washington D.C. She...
Posted: August 25, 2022, 11:50 AM
Anti-abortion pregnancy centers will likely outlast the age of Roe – here’s how they’re funded and the services they provide
Laura Antkowiak, Professor of Political Science, UMBC Experts predict increased economic hardship now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...
Posted: June 28, 2022, 1:31 PM
Trump-endorsed candidates would generally win even without his support – and that’s usually the case with all political endorsements
Ian Anson, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMBC. Over the past few months, many journalists and pundits have credited the power of Donald Trump’s endorsements with determining the...
Posted: June 17, 2022, 2:40 PM
“Parenting in Privilege or Peril,” a new book by UMBC’s Pamela R. Bennett, explores barriers to the “American dream”
The notion of the “American dream”—that hard work can lead to social and economic mobility—has existed in the United States for centuries, and it has been disputed for almost as long. Pamela...
Posted: April 26, 2022, 1:10 PM
UMBC Responds to Putin’s War in Ukraine
On February 24, just one day after a Russian holiday celebrating the “defenders of the Fatherland,” Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military forces to invade Ukraine. The ensuing...
Posted: April 12, 2022, 8:12 PM
Smithsonian features Erle Ellis’s research on how humans have shaped ecology over millennia as a top discovery of 2021
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) has announced its top ten discoveries of 2021, featuring “attention-grabbing findings” by UMBC’s Erle Ellis, professor of geography. Ellis...
Posted: January 13, 2022, 5:54 PM
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