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UMBC study challenges established paradigm, suggests males pickier than females in mate choice
“Males are showy, females are choosy” has been the accepted paradigm in sexual selection research for decades. By extension, scientists expect females to carefully select members of their own...
Posted: December 19, 2017, 8:42 PM
UMBC students take flight to study weather, pollution in multi-institution initiative
On November 16, Brian Carroll and Christiana Sasser ‘18, mechanical engineering, rose at 3:45 a.m. to drive to Lancaster, PA. After a briefing, they, a student from Millersville University, a...
Posted: December 14, 2017, 3:47 PM
UMBC biologists discuss human health applications of studying plants’ circadian rhythms in The Conversation
Humans have been observing the circadian rhythms of plants for millennia, even if they couldn’t fully explain what they saw. In a new piece for The Conversation, Hua Lu, associate professor of...
Posted: December 1, 2017, 8:06 PM
Idea competition serves as springboard for young entrepreneurs
Each fall, student entrepreneurs at UMBC pitch their big ideas – Shark Tank-style, no less – for potential funding. And each year, their ideas span disciplines, including everything from a comic...
Posted: November 29, 2017, 8:55 PM
UMBC upgrades High Performance Computing Facility through new NSF grant, expanding possibilities for data-intensive research
The National Science Foundation recently awarded UMBC a Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award totaling more than $550,000 to expand the university’s High Performance Computing Facility...
Posted: November 3, 2017, 3:36 PM
UMBC scientists measure plant productivity from space, with applications from farming to forest conservation
Two researchers at UMBC’s Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) and colleagues have found that instrumentation on the International Space Station (ISS) can collect data measuring the...
Posted: November 1, 2017, 7:27 PM
Charissa Cheah receives Fulbright award to research identity development of Muslim Tunisian immigrant adolescents in Sicily
Charissa Cheah, professor of psychology, has received a Fulbright to collaborate with psychologists at the University of Palermo in Sicily to explore Muslim Tunisian immigrant adolescent identity...
Posted: October 31, 2017, 7:33 PM
UMBC participates in national study on Ph.D. career pathways at pivotal moment for new grads
UMBC is one of 29 universities nationwide joining forces to better serve Ph.D. students by examining the broad range of pathways they take from graduate school to career. The Ph.D. Career Pathways...
Posted: October 4, 2017, 9:32 PM
UMBC researchers win USDA grants to improve safety and efficiency of fish farming industry
Global demand for fish is growing quickly, but many species are already severely overfished, leaving scientists and industry experts searching for ways to more safely and efficiently farm fish. In...
Posted: October 3, 2017, 3:59 PM
UMBC marine biologist Colleen Burge works to save world’s oysters from deadly herpes virus
Colleen Burge, UMBC assistant professor at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, made a splash with her new article in The Conversation warning of the danger posed by a herpes...
Posted: September 28, 2017, 5:21 PM
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