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Interdisciplinary UMBC team deepens understanding of cell migration, important for potential medical advances
Imagine cells navigating through a complex maze, guided by chemical signals and the physical landscape of their environment. At UMBC, a team of researchers has contributed an important discovery...
Posted: May 27, 2025, 2:10 PM
New endowed chair honors math professor Thomas Seidman, who helped shape the department
Thomas Seidman, late emeritus professor of mathematics and statistics, gave 45 years of his life to teaching, mentoring, and conducting research at UMBC before retiring in 2017. After his death in...
Posted: March 13, 2025, 10:27 AM
“Teaching them to think”: New course prepares students for success in proof-based mathematics
A new course in UMBC’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics is having a positive impact on student success in a notoriously difficult course for math majors everywhere. Two new papers by UMBC...
Posted: February 17, 2025, 11:27 AM
UMBC leverages interdisciplinary expertise to launch Quantum Science Institute
UMBC has received $1.5 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to organize a new UMBC Quantum Science Institute. The funding will support graduate fellowships for students...
Posted: February 12, 2025, 3:54 PM
In the world of math, the hunt for eloquent solutions excites these researchers
Some mathematical and statistical challenges are so fundamental that the solutions can be applied to an array of real-world applications—which we all benefit from. But it’s not necessarily the...
Posted: February 6, 2025, 9:24 AM
UMBC statistician selected to work with Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia
Yehenew Kifle, assistant professor of statistics at UMBC, has been awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP). Kifle will travel to Addis Ababa University...
Posted: May 24, 2024, 10:39 AM
CNMS Awards and Recognition Day honors students, faculty, and staff
The College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS) held its annual CNMS Awards and Recognition Day on May 10. Nearly 270 UMBC community members and friends attended the event in the...
Posted: May 17, 2024, 3:55 PM
First CNMS GradFest fosters interdepartmental interaction among grads, postdocs
On April 12, more than 150 students, staff, and faculty attended the first College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS) GradFest in the University Center Ballroom. The event was the result...
Posted: April 23, 2024, 10:09 AM
UMBC partners with American Statistical Association to organize annual African International Conference on Statistics
The eighth iteration of the African International Conference on Statistics (AIC), scheduled for June 2024 in Tunis, Tunisia, will mark a new era for the conference. Originally championed by Bimal...
Posted: April 17, 2024, 4:22 PM
From thousands to millions to billions to trillions to quadrillions and beyond: Do numbers ever end?
Written by Manil Suri, professor of mathematics, UMBC Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
Posted: April 15, 2024, 10:39 AM
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