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CIDER program supports new approach to measuring nursing home quality, plus more research collaborations
Assessing the quality of nursing home care has historically been a challenging and complex process that considers only a portion of the factors involved—generally, clinical indicators reported by...
Posted: March 15, 2023, 5:19 PM
Deepak Koirala to grow understanding of how enteroviruses replicate with $786K NSF CAREER Award
Diseases such as polio, the common cold, and meningitis are all caused by closely related viruses and the way these viruses multiply in the body is poorly understood. Deepak Koirala, assistant...
Posted: March 13, 2023, 3:17 PM
Mercedes Burns to study arachnid evolution in Japan through prestigious NSF CAREER Award
Mammals are “all-in” on sexual reproduction, explains Mercedes Burns, assistant professor of biological sciences at UMBC. They even have “mechanisms that reinforce the maintenance of sex and make...
Posted: March 6, 2023, 1:11 PM
UMBC’s Smith lab discovers enzyme ATE1’s role in cellular stress response, opening a door to new therapeutic targets
A new paper in Nature Communications illuminates how a previously poorly understood enzyme works in the cell. Many diseases are tied to chronic cellular stress, and UMBC’s Aaron T. Smith and...
Posted: March 6, 2023, 11:51 AM
Unlocking the secrets of materials that turn heat into electricity: UMBC’s Deepa Madan wins NSF CAREER Award
Deepa Madan, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at UMBC, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for research on materials that could improve...
Posted: March 2, 2023, 11:59 AM
UMBC experts guide TV viewers through the promises and pitfalls of artificial intelligence
Over the past week, UMBC faculty and students have given primetime TV news watchers in Baltimore a glimpse of the frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI) research. WJZ, Baltimore’s CBS News...
Posted: February 22, 2023, 1:24 PM
Inaugural UMBC Paw Poll reveals high levels of student civic engagement
During the November 2022 election, students in Ian Anson’s Public Opinion class had a unique opportunity to examine just how civically engaged UMBC students are, and they found the answers...
Posted: February 15, 2023, 3:50 PM
UMBC humanities faculty receive NEH fellowships for research into “the why and how of our past”
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced that George Derek Musgrove ‘97, associate professor of history, and Elizabeth Patton, associate professor of media and communication...
Posted: February 15, 2023, 2:59 PM
UMBC partners on STAR-X, a $3M NASA mission concept study through the CRESST II research consortium
UMBC researchers are partnering on STAR-X, a nine-month mission concept study investigating black holes, galaxy clusters, and often-elusive transient cosmic events like supernova explosions....
Posted: February 14, 2023, 9:31 AM
UMBC researchers listed among the world’s top 2% of most-cited scientists and engineers
More than 40 active UMBC researchers are listed among the top 2% of the world’s most-cited scientists and engineers in an analysis recently published by Elsevier. These researchers include...
Posted: January 25, 2023, 11:47 AM
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