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UMBC physicist wins Amazon award to build AI-orchestrated scientific assistant
Fabio Anza, an assistant professor in UMBC’s Department of Physics, Quantum Science Institute and Cybersecurity Institute, has won an Amazon Research Award to develop Physics Co-Pilot—a scientific...
Posted: January 29, 2026, 1:46 PM
TowerCares Foundation makes $300,000 commitment to support UMBC cybersecurity students
The TowerCares Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Laurel, Maryland-based Tower Federal Credit Union, has partnered with UMBC’s Cybersecurity Institute to create a new scholarship fund for...
Posted: March 25, 2025, 11:10 AM
Is DOGE a cybersecurity threat? A security expert explains the dangers of violating protocols and regulations that protect government computer systems
Written by Richard Forno, principal lecturer in computer science and electrical engineering, UMBC The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), President Donald Trump’s special commission...
Posted: February 10, 2025, 9:40 AM
What is Salt Typhoon? A security expert explains the Chinese hackers and their attack on US telecommunications networks
Written by Richard Forno, principal lecturer in computer science and electrical engineering, UMBC Cyberattacks linked to the Chinese government that compromised large portions of the American...
Posted: December 6, 2024, 11:43 AM
Faisal Quader, Ph.D. ’20: Expanding access to the cyber ecosystem
There’s already a student waiting outside the office of Faisal Quader, Ph.D. ’20, when the adjunct professor arrives at the Information Technology and Engineering building on a Thursday...
Posted: November 7, 2024, 10:05 AM
UMBC’s 2024 Cybersecurity Leadership Exploratory Grant Program recipients announced
The UMBC Cybersecurity Institute and the Division of Research and Creative Achievement, in partnership with the College of Engineering and Information Technology, recently announced the recipients...
Posted: October 10, 2024, 1:07 PM
Preparing students for a quantum tomorrow: Lei Zhang brings futuristic computing concepts into the classroom
In the early 20th century, as physicists explored the tiny world of atoms, they noticed some perplexing things: Energy transferred only in chunks; particles that also acted like waves; mysterious...
Posted: October 3, 2024, 9:24 AM
Meet a Retriever—Nathan Wooddell ’23, graduate student specializing in Russian and cybersecurity
Meet Nathan Wooddell ’23, computer science. Nathan is a member of UMBC’s CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service cohort, and is getting his master’s in cybersecurity as a graduate researcher at the...
Posted: February 28, 2024, 1:31 PM
Résumés in hand, 2,000+ hopeful and prepared Retrievers attend the 2024 Career Fair
On a perfect 55-degree sunny February day, hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students across all colleges stood in a line that began at the RAC and wrapped its way to Sherman Hall. Instead of...
Posted: February 15, 2024, 4:23 PM
Cracking the code: International collaboration fosters cybersecurity
UMBC’s work in strengthening students’ preparedness in cybersecurity defense is proving effective not only on campus, but well beyond. This summer, three UMBC students competed in an international...
Posted: October 19, 2023, 6:06 PM
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