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GRIT-X 2023 explores wide range of UMBC’s research and creative achievement around campus and beyond
Spiders, robots, climate change, Vaudevillian history, and more—this year’s GRIT-X event had something for inquiring minds of all kinds, with explorations into elements of the past, our collective...
Posted: November 7, 2023, 4:53 PM
Vampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves − and may hold the key to new antiviral therapies
Written by Ivan Erill, professor of biological sciences, UMBC Have you ever wondered whether the virus that gave you a nasty cold can catch one itself? It may comfort you to know that, yes,...
Posted: November 6, 2023, 4:05 PM
Higher education can be elusive for asylum-seekers and immigrants
Written by Kerri Evans, assistant professor of social work, UMBC; Ishara Casellas Connors, Texas A&M University, and Lisa Unangst, SUNY Empire State College Pursuing higher education is...
Posted: November 6, 2023, 3:23 PM
UMBC team makes first-ever observation of a virus attaching to another virus
No one had ever seen one virus latching onto another virus, until anomalous sequencing results sent a UMBC team down a rabbit hole leading to a first-of-its-kind discovery. It’s known that...
Posted: October 31, 2023, 3:34 PM
UMBC’s Vandana Janeja aims to boost high-performance computing know-how to tackle environmental science challenges with a $1 million NSF grant
The discovery of the Higgs boson. The first picture of a black hole. The Covid-19 vaccine. Many recent scientific advances, such as these, owe much to a largely unsung hero: high-performance...
Posted: October 30, 2023, 3:12 PM
The Academic Minute: Democratizing access to digital tools in the documentation of the Innu language
For centuries, books have been the primary method of documenting spoken and written languages. This method has given us insights into the formal and informal uses of language within communities...
Posted: October 27, 2023, 1:59 PM
The Academic Minute: The Long History of Financial Fraud
Banks, large corporations, small businesses, non-profit organizations, and individuals alike lend and loan money to make more money, spur corporate growth, buy property, start a business, and help...
Posted: October 27, 2023, 8:53 AM
UMBC mathematician Kathleen Hoffman contributes to research on animal decision-making, with robotics applications
Animals must constantly make the choice between using energy to gather information about their environment or to carry out goal-driven tasks. Animals use sensory input, including humans’ five...
Posted: October 26, 2023, 11:06 AM
Morgan Henderson of The Hilltop Institute at UMBC co-authors new research investigating the feasibility of price shopping for two common hospital services
New research published in September in the Journal of the American Medical Association of Internal Medicine reported pricing discrepancies at top hospitals almost two years after the U.S. Centers...
Posted: October 23, 2023, 2:11 PM
The Academic Minute: There’s No Dissertation Like a Done Dissertation
Doctoral students diligently work through coursework to become doctoral candidates. But, the process of writing a dissertation sometimes overshadows the joy of moving closer to earning a Ph.D....
Posted: October 20, 2023, 10:47 AM
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