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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
UMBC leverages interdisciplinary expertise to launch Quantum Science Institute
UMBC has received $1.5 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to organize a new UMBC Quantum Science Institute. The funding will support graduate fellowships for students...
Posted: February 12, 2025, 3:54 PM
UMBC’s Ethics Bowl team earns spot in national championship two years in a row
UMBC’s Ethics Bowl team won third place at the 2024 Chesapeake Regional Ethics Bowl competition in December. The team competed at UMBC against 15 teams from the Mid-Atlantic region, all vying for...
Posted: January 13, 2025, 11:29 AM
Astronomers observe real-time formation of black hole jets for the first time
Eileen Meyer (Marlayna Demond ’11/UMBC) A large international team of scientists has observed a phenomenon that astronomers didn’t ever expect to see happen in real time. A new paper published...
Posted: January 13, 2025, 10:18 AM
NASA awards AXIS X-ray telescope co-developed by UMBC faculty $5M for further study
Nearly a year ago, a group of engineers and scientists including UMBC physicists became one of 10 teams to successfully submit a proposal to NASA to develop the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite...
Posted: November 12, 2024, 1:45 PM
Quantum photonics expertise earns UMBC spot in DOE Frontiers in Energy Research Center
UMBC has been selected to participate in the Quantum Photonics Integrated Design Center (QuPIDC), which is led by Purdue University and also includes Los Alamos National Laboratory, Stanford...
Posted: September 11, 2024, 10:57 AM
Katherine Carver ’26 is helping astronomers analyze James Webb Space Telescope data
Katherine Carver ’26, physics and mathematics, started off her UMBC experience with a big bang—participating in the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory CIRCUIT internship as a...
Posted: August 1, 2024, 2:24 PM
Ph.D. candidate Emily Faber improving climate modeling with NOAA fellowship
Over the last two years, Emily Faber, Ph.D. candidate in atmospheric physics, painstakingly replicated part of a NASA climate model on UMBC computing systems. She compared the model’s predictions...
Posted: June 14, 2024, 12:00 PM
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