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UMBC’s CIDER program supports new Hilltop Institute-led Medicaid study, other cross-collaborative projects
UMBC researchers are collaborating on a study that takes a closer look at specific diagnosis coding patterns that focus on societal factors that potentially influence the health of Maryland’s...
Posted: May 2, 2025, 3:04 PM
GESTAR II center awarded $47 million extension on cooperative agreement with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
The UMBC-led Goddard Earth Science Technology and Research (GESTAR) II center has been awarded a two-year, $47 million extension to continue its cooperative agreement with the NASA Goddard Space...
Posted: September 26, 2024, 1:59 PM
UMBC hosts “NASA Days” event series with Goddard Space Flight Center
UMBC is collaborating with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to host an interactive, three-day event series that takes a closer look into the center’s current research activity, with...
Posted: September 13, 2024, 4:04 PM
UMBC scientists and engineers celebrate launch of HARP2 instrument on NASA’s PACE mission
By Anne Wainscott-Sargent The third time’s the charm. Against a calm and crisp dark night sky on Florida’s Cape Canaveral last Thursday, February 8, just after 1:30 a.m., the Plankton,...
Posted: February 16, 2024, 10:36 AM
UMBC researchers co-author new Science study on how atmospheric dust impacts ocean health
New findings in Science co-authored by UMBC researchers reveal details of the complex relationship between atmospheric dust and vast populations of phytoplankton at the ocean’s surface. These tiny...
Posted: May 8, 2023, 4:56 PM
New UMBC/Los Alamos research on megafire smoke plumes clarifies what they contain, how they move, and their potential impacts
In recent years, large, intense wildfires, known as megafires, have increasingly caused severe damage to forests, homes, and crops. In addition to megafires fatally impacting humans and wildlife...
Posted: April 21, 2023, 8:02 AM
CIDER program supports new approach to measuring nursing home quality, plus more research collaborations
Assessing the quality of nursing home care has historically been a challenging and complex process that considers only a portion of the factors involved—generally, clinical indicators reported by...
Posted: March 15, 2023, 5:19 PM
New center director to take NASA-supported Earth science research into next era at UMBC
The UMBC-led Goddard Earth Science Technology and Research (GESTAR) Center II includes over 120 researchers advancing Earth and atmospheric sciences and launching the next generation of...
Posted: January 27, 2023, 7:40 PM
UMBC researchers listed among the world’s top 2% of most-cited scientists and engineers
More than 40 active UMBC researchers are listed among the top 2% of the world’s most-cited scientists and engineers in an analysis recently published by Elsevier. These researchers include...
Posted: January 25, 2023, 11:47 AM
UMBC-led team generates first global map of cargo ship pollution, revealing effects of fuel regulations
Tianle Yuan. (Image courtesy of Tianle Yuan) A new study in Science Advances led by UMBC’s Tianle Yuan used satellite data from 2003 – 2020 to determine the effect of fuel regulations on...
Posted: July 27, 2022, 11:37 AM