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Listening has defined the early years of President Valerie Sheares Ashby’s tenure at UMBC, starting with her series of Bold Conversations to hear the many diverse Retriever voices. She continues...
Posted: December 9, 2024, 12:33 PM
FIRST faculty cohort brings new research areas to College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
In fall 2022, the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at UMBC and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) received a five-year, $13.7 million grant from the National...
Posted: December 5, 2024, 4:11 PM
New study finds specific sensory neurons associated with parental care and reproductive behaviors in male cichlids
African cichlids, a group of thousands of freshwater fish species, present a wide range of distinctive mating and parental care behaviors. However, the mechanisms that drive these behaviors are...
Posted: December 4, 2024, 2:42 PM
Biologist Tom Cronin co-authors ‘Color in Nature,’ a beautiful and accessible tour of color’s role in our world
Color in Nature, co-authored byThomas W. Cronin, professor of biological sciences, covers the world of color from the first principles of physics to the use of color in art and design. An even mix...
Posted: November 21, 2024, 3:05 PM
Alumna introduces horseshoe crabs to K-12 classrooms to raise these scientifically useful arthropods
Most people wouldn’t guess horseshoe crabs—ancient arthropods with hard, round carapaces and long, spiky tails—when asked what animals you might find in a K-12 classroom. But Jessica Baniak ’23,...
Posted: October 28, 2024, 10:14 AM
Alumna introduces horseshoe crabs to K-12 classrooms to raise these scientifically useful arthropods
Most people wouldn’t guess horseshoe crabs—ancient arthropods with hard, round carapaces and long, spiky tails—when asked what animals you might find in a K-12 classroom. But Jessica Baniak ’23,...
Posted: October 28, 2024, 10:14 AM
Kaitlyn Sadtler ’11 named to TIME100 Next list for interdisciplinary biotech research
Kaitlyn Sadtler ’11, biological sciences, has been selected for the TIME100 Next list. In its fifth year, the list aims “to recognize rising leaders in health, climate, business, sports, and...
Posted: October 10, 2024, 3:34 PM
Rachel Brewster’s lab advances understanding of how organisms adapt to oxygen deprivation—with an eye toward new medical treatments
Some organisms are better than others at surviving without oxygen. “Humans don’t do very well without oxygen, but even humans have adaptive mechanisms,” says Rachel Brewster, professor of...
Posted: October 7, 2024, 3:30 PM
UMBC Center for Global Engagement welcomes its second cohort of the Young African Leaders Initiative
This summer, UMBC’s Center for Global Engagement (CGE) is excited to welcome its second cohort of the prestigious Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the six-week flagship...
Posted: June 18, 2024, 1:55 PM
“Hidden” sex differences in neurological reward pathways suggest opportunity for improved psychiatric therapeutics
A new study in the Journal of Neurosciencehas discovered underlying sex differences in the molecular pathways that drive reward-related behaviors. In particular, the study found differences and...
Posted: June 14, 2024, 4:18 PM
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