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Faculty receive START and SURFF awards to pursue new research and creative work
UMBC’s Office of the Vice President for Research recently presented awards to support the work of two dozen UMBC faculty examining topics from health disparities among people with diabetes to...
Posted: December 18, 2018, 8:22 PM
Bahama Oriole Project team awarded NSF grant to offer more UMBC undergrads international research experiences
UMBC is recognized as a national leader in undergraduate teaching, in part because the university connects so many students with meaningful research opportunities. Now, a new $300,000 NSF...
Posted: November 6, 2018, 6:34 PM
New UMBC research suggests need to rethink goals of global reforestation efforts
Many countries have made commitments to restore huge areas of forest as part of the Bonn Challenge, organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. For example, Costa Rica has...
Posted: November 6, 2018, 6:07 PM
Twenty years of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study: An icon of urban ecology research
The Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) is one of only two urban Long-Term Ecological Research projects initially funded by the National Science Foundation, and this year it turns 20. When the BES was...
Posted: November 2, 2018, 8:06 PM
South Africa to Colorado: Summer research helps UMBC STEM BUILD students chart their course
For an undergraduate getting their start in science, traveling far from home for an immersive research experience can be transformational. Living and working in a completely new environment, with...
Posted: September 12, 2018, 2:33 PM
Drones to track one of the largest dam removals on the Eastern Seaboard
Matthew E. Baker Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems, UMBC This month, the Bloede Dam will be removed from the Lower Patapsco River near Ilchester, Maryland. The restoration is a...
Posted: September 5, 2018, 9:59 PM
UMBC’s Matthew Baker teams up with Chesapeake Conservancy to create detailed stream maps
Thousands of waterways, from major rivers like the Potomac and Susquehanna to tiny headwaters, flow through the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Many of them appear on official stream maps produced by...
Posted: August 15, 2018, 10:49 PM
When did humans start to transform Earth? UMBC’s Erle Ellis introduces the Anthropocene.
“Humans have emerged as a force of nature on this planet,” UMBC’s Erle Ellis says, as he begins to explain his work. Ellis, a professor of geography and environmental systems is one of the world’s...
Posted: June 14, 2018, 7:10 PM
UMBC health justice research forum focuses on the value of community voices
How does unequal access to health care affect the lives and experiences of people from different communities across Baltimore and the nation? UMBC’s Public Humanities and Health Justice Research...
Posted: June 6, 2018, 7:11 PM
UMBC ecologist and colleagues expose bias in forest restoration studies
When embarking on a reforestation project, is it better to let an area regenerate on its own, or take active steps like planting trees? Recent high-profile research has suggested that natural...
Posted: May 16, 2018, 7:06 PM
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