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Hands-on science, lasting confidence: Student researchers impress at Summer Undergraduate Research Fest
Izabella Maria Marzano, a senior biological sciences major who transferred to UMBC from Anne Arundel Community College, was one of more than 120 undergraduate and high school student presenters...
Posted: August 19, 2026, 11:48 AM
Could a smart phone take the place of expensive medical equipment? Dong Li investigates how to make affordable health monitoring accessible
Dong Li (Photo courtesy of Li) A common saying is “Health is wealth.” Its meaning—that good health gives people the vitality to succeed in life—is found in stories and phrases across cultures...
Posted: August 18, 2026, 4:25 PM
There’s nothing secret about David Mountain’s love of learning
David Mountain, Ph.D. ’17, computer engineering, can’t tell you much about his job. It still sounds exciting. As a researcher at the National Security Agency (NSA)—sometimes jokingly called the...
Posted: August 13, 2026, 9:30 AM
From single cells to the systems shaping science: Mayank Chugh pursues dual passions at UMBC
What does it take for a single cell to become a functioning organism—and what does it take for a scientist to thrive amid the systems that govern the research enterprise? Mayank Chugh is exploring...
Posted: August 11, 2026, 11:57 AM
Nothing but beauty: Noor Zaidi leads an international interfaith team digitizing the history of one of the few shrines to a woman in Islam
The Sayyida Zainab shrine, near Damascus, Syria, is capped by a gold leaf dome atop a building wrapped in interlocking glazed tiles. The aquamarine, gold, amethyst, and brown tiles create...
Posted: July 29, 2026, 9:43 AM
UMBC researcher awarded high-risk, high-reward NIAID grant to improve HIV prevention drugs
HIV continues to pose a major global health challenge, with about 1.3 million new infections reported annually worldwide in recent years. One of the most important HIV prevention strategies is...
Posted: July 27, 2026, 11:14 AM
UMBC supports promising internal research and creative endeavors with 2026 – 27 START, SURFF awards
UMBC’s Division of Research and Creative Achievement recently announced the recipients of the 2027 Strategic Awards for Research Transitions (START) and the 2026 Summer Research Faculty Fellowship...
Posted: July 6, 2026, 3:17 PM
Who gets to tell the story? The tricky back story of how radio shows can promote empathy but also build up cultural divides
In his new book, Empathy Machines: This American Life, Podcasting, and the Public Radio Structure of Feeling, Jason Loviglio, professor of media and communications, critiques and analyzes the...
Posted: June 30, 2026, 9:33 AM
A global perspective on aging: Alfred Boakye’s gerontology journey from Ghana to Japan and the U.S.
Alfred Boakye first began thinking deeply about the care and well-being of elders and their families while caring for his centenarian grandmother, Margaret Nyarko, in his home city of Tema, on the...
Posted: June 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
A global perspective on aging: Alfred Boakye’s gerontology journey from Ghana to Japan and the U.S.
Alfred Boakye first began thinking deeply about the care and well-being of elders and their families while caring for his centenarian grandmother, Margaret Nyarko, in his home city of Tema, on the...
Posted: June 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
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