From UMBC News and Magazine
UMBC’s Jiaqi Gong receives $1M NIH grant for wearable sensor to help breast cancer survivors maintain complex medication schedules
After patients with breast cancer finish their treatment, they are prescribed daily medications to prevent cancer recurrence. There are many factors that impact whether patients take their...
Posted: January 22, 2020, 6:09 PM
UMBC researchers work to support first responders through NSF-funded stress-response technology
Researchers from UMBC’s departments of information systems (IS) and emergency health services (EHS) are joining forces to help improve the lives of first responders. Through a $370,000 grant from...
Posted: January 15, 2020, 2:26 PM
UMBC’s Top Highlights of 2019
As UMBC welcomes 2020, we celebrate the student successes, athletic achievements, research breakthroughs, and community news that made 2019 a year to remember. Retriever Nation Whether it was...
Posted: January 9, 2020, 6:06 PM
UMBC places ninth at 2019 Pan-Am Team Chess Championship
UMBC Chess has continued its strong performance with another high-ranking finish at the leading intercollegiate team championship in the Americas. The Retrievers placed ninth out of 63 teams at...
Posted: January 3, 2020, 9:31 PM
UMBC receives NSF support to enhance data science courses, research, and student experiences
Data science has rapidly grown at UMBC, and faculty are now working to enhance data science courses, research, and student experiences. The goal is to ensure they are inclusive, empowering, and...
Posted: December 18, 2019, 7:37 PM
Preparing for impact: Four new UMBC grads share what drives their research
It’s 3 a.m., and Cindy Chelius rolls out of the pull-out couch in the grad student lounge. Time to check on her fungi. For this experiment, measurements must be taken every four hours for forty...
Posted: December 17, 2019, 10:49 PM
UMBC graduates create their own paths to excellence, focused on succeeding together
Each graduating student’s path looks different. For many Retrievers, UMBC offers an opportunity to develop not just knowledge and skills, but also self-awareness that enables them to pursue...
Posted: December 17, 2019, 9:16 PM
Together every step of the way: Three sisters earn UMBC teaching degrees
Transferring to a new college often comes with some trepidation about making new friends and finding your crowd. For Michelle, Melissa, and Melanie Biddinger, however, those were the least of...
Posted: December 17, 2019, 6:50 PM
UMBC students confront ethical challenges through new computing curriculum
When UMBC’s Helena Mentis is teaching, her students often bring up ethical challenges in computing, and they are hungry to learn about how to address them. “We want to capitalize on this curiosity...
Posted: December 17, 2019, 5:08 PM
Swimmer, engineer, composer: Three Retrievers share their unique paths to graduation day
Imagine packing your bags and traveling 6,000 miles from home to spend four years in a country you’ve never visited. That’s exactly what Hania Moro ‘19, financial economics, did when she made the...
Posted: December 17, 2019, 3:28 AM
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