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Belay Demoz, director of JCET and leading climate scientist, elected as a fellow of the American Meteorological Society
Belay Demoz has been part of UMBC’s Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) since its founding more than 20 years ago, and has been serving as its director since 2014. In his decades as a...
Posted: September 8, 2017, 2:48 PM
UMBC receives NSF grant to launch first-of-its-kind big data and high-performance computing training for researchers across disciplines
Today, data of all kinds is generated at a nearly incomprehensible rate, creating endless opportunities for advances in fields from health care to education. Yet plucking meaningful insights out...
Posted: September 1, 2017, 3:48 PM
UMBC’s Lipi Mukherjee receives NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship for atmospheric physics research
Lipi Mukherjee, Ph.D. student in atmospheric physics at UMBC, has received the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF), which will provide funding to support her research for up to three...
Posted: June 20, 2017, 2:55 PM
Seven new UMBC grads to pursue Fulbright fellowships around the globe
Seven recent UMBC graduates will travel around the globe to teach and conduct research as Fulbright fellows for the 2017 – 18 academic year, setting a new record for the university. The UMBC...
Posted: June 12, 2017, 4:42 PM
Natalie DeNigris continues work with NASA while completing astronomy Ph.D.
Natalie DeNigris B.S., Physics Magna Cum Laude, Certificate: Honors College Hometown: Kensington, MD Plans: Ph.D., Astronomy, U Mass.-Amherst; Intern, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center UMBC...
Posted: May 13, 2017, 8:22 PM
Fourth annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition celebrates student entrepreneurs
At the fourth annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition, held on April 26, 2017, six finalists pitched their business ideas to a three-judge expert panel. The projects, selected from 33...
Posted: May 8, 2017, 7:00 PM
UMBC’s Deffner finds “quantum speed limit” may put brakes on “quantum supremacy” in computing
Even computers make mistakes. In classical computers, tens of thousands of atoms are involved in each computation, so the system can tolerate a few mistakes and still give correct output. But in...
Posted: April 11, 2017, 7:13 PM
‘You’re outta here!’: UMBC physicists explain black hole ejected from center of galaxy
A team of researchers including UMBC’s Eileen Meyer and Markos Georganopoulos have found strong evidence of a striking astrophysical phenomenon: a supermassive black hole traveling away from the...
Posted: April 10, 2017, 7:49 PM
CRESST II space science consortium to receive $87.5 million from NASA Goddard
The Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology (CRESST II) is prepared to embark on a new era of innovative research and teaching with the commitment of $87.5 million from...
Posted: March 30, 2017, 4:59 PM
UMBC’s JCET researchers discover new wrinkle in the role of clouds in climate change
Clouds continue to be one of the greatest sources of uncertainty in climate change models. At night, clouds keep Earth warm by preventing heat from escaping. During the day, most clouds cool Earth...
Posted: March 24, 2017, 1:16 PM
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