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Ransomware can interfere with elections and fuel disinformation – basic cybersecurity precautions are key to minimizing the damage
by Richard Forno, UMBC Government computer systems in Hall County, Georgia, including a voter signature database, were hit by a ransomware attack earlier this fall in the first known...
Posted: October 29, 2020, 8:10 PM
American Chemical Society honors UMBC’s Lee Blaney for commitment to mentoring student researchers
Last Thursday, UMBC’s Lee Blaney was honored for his impact as a chemistry educator and mentor who closely involves students of all levels in collaborative research. Blaney is an associate...
Posted: October 28, 2020, 6:57 PM
Entrepreneurs and experts gather for bwtech@UMBC Cybertini event on election security
Nearly 100 industry experts and entrepreneurs gathered virtually for Cybertini 2020, hosted by bwtech@UMBC, UMBC’s research and technology park, on October 15. The annual event offers a unique...
Posted: October 27, 2020, 6:27 PM
NASA awards UMBC team $1.4M to develop AI that improves how computers process climate data from satellites
Data archives from NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS), which collects data from satellites, aircraft, and ground instruments, currently contain about 31 petabytes...
Posted: October 26, 2020, 4:09 PM
As demand for telemedicine swells, UMBC researchers develop strategies to scale-up services
After years of gradual expansion, telemedicine has grown dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing patients to consult with medical professionals from a distance, without traveling to an...
Posted: October 8, 2020, 6:46 PM
Research team led by UMBC’s Mark Marten studies how fungal cells respond to stress, repair broken cell walls
Mark Marten, professor and chair of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering, is collaborating with researchers at the University of Connecticut and the University of Manitoba to study...
Posted: September 30, 2020, 12:44 PM
New U.S. News rankings honor UMBC strengths in teaching, innovation, and inclusion
The 2021 U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges rankings affirm that UMBC remains one of the top universities in the nation, with a uniquely distinguished profile. UMBC has advanced to #11...
Posted: September 14, 2020, 12:00 PM
Dipanjan Pan demonstrates new method to produce gold nanoparticles directly in cancer cells with possible applications in x-ray imaging, cancer treatment
Dipanjan Pan, professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering at UMBC, and collaborators have published a seminal study in Nature Communications that demonstrates for the first...
Posted: September 11, 2020, 4:18 PM
UMBC celebrates 2020 – 2021 Fulbright recipients
Eleven recent UMBC alumni are recipients of 2020 – 2021 Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards, including seven from UMBC’s Class of 2020. Each year over 11,000 students apply and just over 2,000...
Posted: September 9, 2020, 8:13 PM
Bedrock to treetops: NSF awards $4.8M to urban environment study led by UMBC’s Claire Welty
There is an essential resource constantly flowing beneath our feet: groundwater. Urban denizens may not think about it often, or at all, because they don’t rely on wells, “but it’s still there,”...
Posted: September 2, 2020, 4:23 PM
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