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UMBC’s Tulay Adali receives prestigious Humboldt Research Award for advanced data analysis at Paderborn University
UMBC’s Tulay Adali, professor of computer science and electrical engineering (CSEE) and distinguished university professor, has received the prestigious Humboldt Research Award. The Alexander von...
Posted: August 27, 2020, 4:58 PM
UMBC STEM BUILD students conduct and present viral research in reimagined summer program
The 19 members of UMBC’s STEM BUILD Cohort 5 and their instructors had been looking forward to a summer wet lab experience. When that wasn’t possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they worked...
Posted: August 26, 2020, 10:05 PM
UMBC study reveals gender bias in bird song research and impact of women on science
A revolutionary group of scientists has been rethinking for two decades how we understand bird song, with women leading the way. Several of these scientists are from UMBC, and their latest...
Posted: August 25, 2020, 9:25 PM
UMBC-led team receives Dept. of Energy grant to advance nuclear fusion energy research
UMBC’s Carlos Romero-Talamas is leading a group of researchers in designing and building a machine to produce nuclear fusion energy. The project is one of just 15 new initiatives selected for...
Posted: August 10, 2020, 1:48 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
Two UMBC student teams win USM COVID-19 app challenge
Earlier this summer, the University System of Maryland (USM) COVID-19 Task Force invited members of the USM community to develop mobile apps that would help Maryland residents respond to the...
Posted: July 29, 2020, 2:35 PM
UMBC’s Foad Hamidi receives NSF RAPID grant to expand free, secure internet access in Baltimore during COVID-19 and beyond
During the COVID-19 pandemic, internet access has become more critical, with people relying on it to work, learn, and connect with family and friends. However, the internet is not equally...
Posted: July 27, 2020, 2:54 PM
UMBC’s Dipanjan Pan receives two NIH grants to continue rapid COVID-19 testing research
Dipanjan Pan, professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering, has received two new grants from the National Institutes of Health to support research poised to improve COVID-19...
Posted: July 23, 2020, 3:42 PM
UMBC develops future STEM teachers, researchers through pilot program pairing high school and college students
This fall, Kimani Reed will enter UMBC as a new student in the pre-nursing program, but she’s already a member of the UMBC community. Through a partnership between UMBC and Cristo Rey Jesuit High...
Posted: July 20, 2020, 1:48 PM
Mantis shrimp eyes get even wilder: UMBC team finds twice the expected number of light-detecting proteins
Mantis shrimps have earned wide acclaim in popular culture for their punching limbs, bright colors, and, perhaps most of all, their unusual eyes. “Everybody knows about them now,” says Tom Cronin,...
Posted: July 17, 2020, 6:05 PM
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