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UMBC chemical engineering students win ChemE Jeopardy national championship
UMBC is again a national champion, now in ChemE Jeopardy. A UMBC student team of chemical engineering majors emerged victorious last weekend at the national competition in Phoenix, Arizona, hosted...
Posted: November 17, 2022, 10:15 AM
Political violence in America isn’t going away anytime soon
Richard Forno, principal lecturer in Computer science and Electrical Engineering, UMBC A warning about the threat of political violence heading into the 2022 midterm elections was issued to...
Posted: November 7, 2022, 2:15 PM
UMBC partners in NASA-funded TIGERISS mission to determine source of heavy elements on Earth
Nuclear fusion reactions inside certain stars can produce many of the most common elements on Earth, like carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen. But heavier elements that are also found on Earth are harder...
Posted: November 3, 2022, 12:46 PM
GRIT-X 2022 brings to life the “essence” of UMBC research and creative achievement
Amid a bustling day filled with Homecoming excitement, GRIT-X returned to UMBC this month for its sixth year, delivering a wide-ranging lineup of Retriever excellence in action. Held in the Fine...
Posted: October 26, 2022, 2:14 PM
Ozone and thunderstorms: Two UMBC Ph.D. students receive prestigious NASA grants, mentor undergraduates
Two UMBC Ph.D. students in atmospheric physics, Maurice Roots and Kylie Hoffman, have received competitive Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) awards that...
Posted: October 26, 2022, 12:51 PM
Non-Linear Paths to Leadership
Francisco Cartagena describes his academic journey as unorthodox. Now an employee for the City of Gaithersburg, Cartagena started his educational path as an undocumented student. While charting...
Posted: October 10, 2022, 4:05 PM
UMBC’s Viswanathan uses the Moon’s craters to track its shifting poles over 4.25 billion years
A new study published in Planetary Science Journalhas determined how the Moon’s poles have shifted over more than 4 billion years, a phenomenon known as “true polar wander.” To trace the poles...
Posted: October 5, 2022, 8:28 AM
UMBC to co-lead new Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative with $2.3M grant
American cities face environmental challenges that are exacerbated by climate change, from air and water quality issues to flooding and heat. Low-income neighborhoods and areas that were...
Posted: October 4, 2022, 4:22 PM
UMBC and University of Maryland School of Medicine receive $13.7M NIH FIRST grant to increase faculty diversity
UMBC and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have received a five-year, $13.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enhance recruitment and training of...
Posted: September 23, 2022, 9:46 AM
U.S. News highlights UMBC’s national leadership in teaching, innovation, diversity
The 2022–23 U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges undergraduate rankings released this week illustrate why a record number of students chose to call UMBC home this fall. This year’s rankings...
Posted: September 13, 2022, 4:34 PM
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