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Unsung heroes: Meet 4 UMBC building managers who keep research moving
The College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences is home to high-tech scientific instrumentation alongside traditional infrastructure like water pipes and HVAC systems, all of which UMBC...
Posted: October 23, 2025, 5:18 PM
Meet a Retriever—Anjayooluwa Adegboyo ’25, Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year
Meet track and field student athlete Anjayooluwa “Jayo” Adegboyo ’25, biochemistry and molecular biology, who was named the 2025 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year by Diverse: Issues...
Posted: September 26, 2025, 11:31 AM
Quantum on track: UMBC researchers demonstrate feasibility of using quantum devices to manage urban train scheduling, using a Baltimore transit line as a model
Train delays can cascade into stalled commutes, economic losses, and vacation snags. Scheduling trains is computationally complex, though: It can take hours or days to solve large transportation...
Posted: September 17, 2025, 10:41 AM
500 days in space and counting—UMBC celebrates HARP2 satellite’s incoming data and resulting discoveries
For over 500 days, the Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter 2 (HARP2), a high-tech instrument built by UMBC researchers and students, has been orbiting Earth on NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean...
Posted: September 17, 2025, 9:23 AM
From Nepal to NASA: A journey of resilience and discovery
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted lives worldwide,Greema Regmibegan her Ph.D. in UMBC’s atmospheric physics program. Studying remotely from her home in Nepal, she navigated a grueling...
Posted: August 25, 2025, 2:40 PM
Black hole mergers open doors for students
There are black holes, and then there are supermassive black holes (SMBH), with masses millions to billions of times as great as the Sun. A small percentage of SMBH are furiously gobbling up...
Posted: July 10, 2025, 5:06 PM
How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?
Written by Adi Foord, assistant professor of physics, UMBC This article is part of The Conversation‘s “Curious Kids” series. How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and...
Posted: June 30, 2025, 10:51 AM
Detangling Quantum
In the quantum kingdom, particles flirt with the impossible, defying the tidy laws of Newton’s world. Today’s booming quantum industry, built on understanding this realm, hums with the energy of...
Posted: June 10, 2025, 1:22 PM
Dust aerosol research earns Jianyu Zheng, Ph.D. ’23, outstanding early-career award
Jianyu “Kevin” Zheng, a postdoctoral fellow with the Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) Center II, whose work focuses on remote sensing for dust aerosols, is the recipient of...
Posted: May 28, 2025, 2:35 PM
Physicist Adi Foord sheds light on a new research project, UMBC’s supportive environment, and her favorite black hole
Adi Foord, assistant professor of physics, loves studying black holes. She also loves sharing her enthusiasm for the sky with others, including writing popular articles about time travel and the...
Posted: February 20, 2025, 11:50 AM
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