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UMBC Undergraduate Research Conference a Success
UMBC held its 17th annual undergraduate research symposium on October 25. This event was open to students from outside UMBC, with participants coming from Maryland universities and colleges, as...
Posted: November 2, 2014, 4:22 PM
UMBC hosts White House College Opportunity Initiative workshop to improve STEM education nationwide
“What is UMBC�’s special sauce?” �That’s what Susan Singer, director of the National Science Foundation’�s Division of Undergraduate Education, pondered aloud when she took the stage on September...
Posted: September 18, 2014, 4:00 AM
Vice Provost Patrice McDermott Calls for Gender Equity in Peer Review
As guest editor of the spring 2014 issue of Peer Review, Patrice McDermott, vice provost for faculty affairs, coauthored an introductory essay that calls for greater inclusivity in science,...
Posted: September 17, 2014, 7:51 PM
CNMS Welcomes Jacinta D. Kelly as Assistant Dean of Financial Management
The College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Jacinta D. Kelly as Assistant Dean of Financial Management effective July 28, 2014. Kelly comes from the...
Posted: August 21, 2014, 7:47 PM
CNMS Hosts 17th Annual SURF
The College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences hosted the 17th annual Summer Undergraduate Research Fest (SURF) on Wednesday, August 6. Over 200 students gave oral and poster presentations,...
Posted: August 15, 2014, 8:09 PM
Meyerhoff Expansion Program: Nature Jobs
Virginia Gewin writes in Nature, about diversity in science and the problems facing minorities in science. Gewin writes that, Neil deGrasse Tyson has suggested that the low numbers of minorities...
Posted: August 3, 2014, 8:37 PM
Yonathan Zohar, NPR’s Morning Edition, Father of Bluefin Tuna
Yonathan Zohar, professor of marine biotechnology, was recently featured on NPR’s Morning Edition for his success in keeping, as Dan Charles of NPR says, “the tiger of the ocean,” bluefin tuna...
Posted: July 30, 2014, 2:49 PM
Visual Ecology, Tom Cronin
A new book written by Tom Cronin and colleagues — the publisher’s note says: “Visual ecology is the study of how animals use visual systems to meet their ecological needs, how these systems have...
Posted: July 18, 2014, 8:16 PM
LA Times: Mantis shrimp wear tinted shades to see UV light, Tom Cronin and Michael Bok
“When you look at a mantis shrimp, you see a vivid lobster-like crustacean whose forearms can strike with the force of a .22-caliber bullet. But when a mantis shrimp looks at you, we have no idea...
Posted: July 18, 2014, 6:41 PM
Say Something: Jesse Smith
The Chronicle has just featured math major and Meyerhoff Scholar Jesse Smith in their Say Something audio series. Smith talks about his experience with the Meyerhoff program and how peer...
Posted: July 18, 2014, 5:31 PM
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