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UMBC receives 2020 Engaged Campus Award
Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic (CCMA) has recognized UMBC with its 2020 Engaged Campus Award. This award acknowledges UMBC faculty, staff, students, and community partners’ commitment to...
Posted: February 9, 2021, 8:58 PM
Quantum computing, but even faster? UMBC researchers explore the possibilities with new NSF grant
Quantum computers have the potential to revolutionize communications, cybersecurity, and more, by dramatically speeding computation, researchers say. But as Sebastian Deffner notes, “Even quantum...
Posted: January 21, 2021, 11:05 PM
UMBC team reveals possibilities of new one-atom-thick materials
New 2D materials have the potential to transform technologies, with applications from solar cells to smartphones and wearable electronics, explains UMBC’s Can Ataca, assistant professor of...
Posted: December 11, 2020, 5:30 PM
UMBC researchers identify where giant jets from black holes discharge their energy
The supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are the most massive objects in the universe. They range from about 1 million to upwards of 10 billion times the mass of the Sun. Some of...
Posted: December 9, 2020, 4:39 PM
Exploring Every Angle: Climate Research at UMBC
Researchers across UMBC are using unique, interdisciplinary approaches to explore global environmental challenges. Here are just three examples. Lipi Mukherjee, Ph.D. ’20, atmospheric...
Posted: December 2, 2020, 7:31 PM
On Thin Ice
For UMBC alum Nathan Kurtz, the only thing scarier than a surprise visit from a polar bear is a melting ice cap. When the Polarstern set sail from northern Norway in September 2019, it was...
Posted: December 2, 2020, 7:30 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
Small satellite, big ambitions: UMBC’s HARP named SmallSat Mission of the Year
UMBC’s Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) Satellite, which began in Vanderlei Martins’s imagination more than a decade ago, has been flying in low-Earth orbit since February 19. It contains...
Posted: August 7, 2020, 10:41 PM
Support comes full circle: When students become mentors
In 2015, Cherie Tebah’s dream of providing dental care in marginalized communities was shattered when she sustained injuries while in the U.S. military. Tebah, who is originally from Ghana, had...
Posted: May 19, 2020, 2:55 PM
Graduating CNMS Scholars carry on a commitment to support women in STEM
UMBC has made great strides in increasing its number of women faculty members in STEM through the ADVANCE program. Now, through the CNMS Scholars Program, these women are serving as mentors to the...
Posted: May 18, 2020, 3:30 PM
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