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UMBC’s new AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellows focus on STEM workforce inclusion, youth justice
Erin Lavik, professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering at UMBC, is an innovator in developing nanoparticles to stop internal bleeding. She’s also hard at work on a very...
Posted: September 8, 2022, 4:57 PM
Americans think they know a lot about politics – and it’s bad for democracy that they’re so often wrong in their confidence
Ian Anson, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMBC As statewide primaries continue through the summer, many Americans are beginning to think about which candidates they will support in...
Posted: September 2, 2022, 2:21 PM
UMBC to lead climate-focused NSF data science institute through $13M award
Tens of millions of people live in areas that are at risk for flooding due to climate change, sea level rise, and melting of glaciers. UMBC’s Vandana Janeja is leading a team of researchers using...
Posted: September 1, 2022, 3:25 PM
The Hilltop Institute at UMBC revolutionizes data analytics to advance health and wellbeing
Two researchers from The Hilltop Institute at UMBC just received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to investigate hospital price transparency. With the nearly $300,000 award funded by the...
Posted: August 31, 2022, 10:23 AM
UMBC’s Chris Swan awarded NSF funding for U.S.-Brazil partnership on stream biodiversity
A new collaboration between scientists in the U.S. and Brazil hopes to increase our ability to predict how biological communities may change in a warming world. The researchers will investigate...
Posted: August 29, 2022, 6:04 PM
UMBC’s Chengpeng Chen receives $1.7M NIH grant to develop human liver model
It can take more than 10 years and a billion dollars to get one new drug approved, and less than 10 percent of drugs succeed in clinical trials. Part of the problem is that common techniques used...
Posted: August 26, 2022, 4:02 PM
UMBC’s Nkiru Nnawulezi and D.C. community partners make the case for survivor-centered housing services
In fall 2016 the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence (DCCADV) approached Nkiru Nnawulezi for her help collecting data on the experiences of domestic violence survivors in Washington D.C. She...
Posted: August 25, 2022, 11:50 AM
UMBC’s Jeffrey Gardner receives $1.3M from NIH to discover new treatments for fungal disease
Like bacteria, fungi can cause disease inside your body and on your skin, or even grow on medical equipment like catheter tubing and wound dressings. Many fungal diseases are treatable with...
Posted: August 23, 2022, 6:05 PM
UMBC’s Leamon defines “solar clock” that can precisely predict solar cycle events years in advance
Ever since humans could first observe sunspots about 400 years ago, we’ve been using them to try to define the solar cycle. Approximately every 11 years, solar activity such as sunspots and solar...
Posted: August 12, 2022, 9:57 AM
UMBC-led team generates first global map of cargo ship pollution, revealing effects of fuel regulations
Tianle Yuan. (Image courtesy of Tianle Yuan) A new study in Science Advances led by UMBC’s Tianle Yuan used satellite data from 2003 – 2020 to determine the effect of fuel regulations on...
Posted: July 27, 2022, 11:37 AM
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