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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
NSF awards $10M to UMBC to expand successful initiative developing underrepresented postdocs in STEM
UMBC will expand its work boosting diversity in academia from Maryland to the national level through a new NSF INCLUDES Alliance: Re-Imagining STEM Equity Utilizing Postdoc Pathways (RISE UPP)....
Posted: August 5, 2022, 12:12 PM
Freeman Hrabowski to continue higher ed leadership as inaugural ACE Centennial Fellow after retirement as UMBC president
The American Council on Education (ACE) announced today that UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III will serve as the inaugural ACE Centennial Fellow. Hrabowski will begin this role following...
Posted: June 24, 2022, 1:30 PM
Coppersmith is America East “Woman of the Year”—the first in UMBC history
After four seasons at UMBC, Courtney Coppersmith’s name has become synonymous with success on and off the softball field. The America East Conference agrees. Yesterday, Coppersmith ‘22,...
Posted: June 24, 2022, 8:43 AM
As global travel expands, UMBC faculty and staff earn Fulbright awards for research, collaboration abroad
Four UMBC faculty and staff members have received highly competitive Fulbright awards to conduct research and establish important connections around the world over the next year. UMBC’s new...
Posted: June 6, 2022, 3:35 PM
HHMI launches $1.5 billion Freeman Hrabowski Scholars program to support diversity, innovation in biomedical research
Today, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) launched the Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program to help build a scientific workforce that more fully reflects our increasingly diverse country....
Posted: May 26, 2022, 8:24 AM
UMBC’s Cynthia Matuszek receives NSF CAREER Award to study how robots understand spoken language
Robots are becoming increasingly capable of complex tasks and are moving into roles that previously could only be done by people, in sectors like healthcare, education, and elder care. UMBC’s...
Posted: April 15, 2022, 1:05 PM
UMBC’s Haleemat Adekoya receives prestigious Truman Scholarship for education advocacy
Haleemat Adekoya ‘23, political science, received a surprise phone call last Tuesday morning. On the line were both UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski and Valerie Sheares Ashby, who just one day...
Posted: April 14, 2022, 11:36 AM
Four UMBC students receive Goldwater Scholarship for STEM research, tying prior record
Four UMBC students have been named 2022-23 Goldwater Scholars, tying the university’s past record, set just last year. This year’s recipients are Christopher Slaughter ‘23, computer engineering;...
Posted: April 8, 2022, 1:25 PM
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