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FIRST faculty cohort brings new research areas to College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
In fall 2022, the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at UMBC and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) received a five-year, $13.7 million grant from the National...
Posted: December 5, 2024, 4:11 PM
New study finds specific sensory neurons associated with parental care and reproductive behaviors in male cichlids
African cichlids, a group of thousands of freshwater fish species, present a wide range of distinctive mating and parental care behaviors. However, the mechanisms that drive these behaviors are...
Posted: December 4, 2024, 2:42 PM
UMBC students excel at annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
UMBC chemical engineering students excelled again at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), held in San Diego this fall. The UMBC ChemE Jeopardy team, led by...
Posted: November 27, 2024, 2:02 PM
Yonathan Zohar honored for lifetime of contributions to fish endocrinology research and advances in aquaculture
Yonathan Zohar, professor of marine biotechnology, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Fish Endocrinology. Zohar’s work at the Institute of Marine and...
Posted: November 25, 2024, 4:35 PM
Mechanical engineering professor Weidong Zhu honored for pioneering work analyzing sound and vibration
The elevator in the Shanghai Tower in China can reach speeds of more than 45 miles per hour, whisking passengers up more than 100 floors in under a minute. For elevators this fast and tall,...
Posted: November 22, 2024, 2:40 PM
Biologist Tom Cronin co-authors ‘Color in Nature,’ a beautiful and accessible tour of color’s role in our world
Color in Nature, co-authored byThomas W. Cronin, professor of biological sciences, covers the world of color from the first principles of physics to the use of color in art and design. An even mix...
Posted: November 21, 2024, 3:05 PM
Tasneem Khambaty mentors a new generation of doctoral students on novel research for the prevention of type 2 diabetes
On the fourth floor of UMBC’s math/psychology building, Tasneem Khambaty, associate professor of clinical psychology and behavioral medicine, meets with doctoral students Ashley Splain and Sumaiya...
Posted: November 20, 2024, 12:08 PM
NASA awards AXIS X-ray telescope co-developed by UMBC faculty $5M for further study
Nearly a year ago, a group of engineers and scientists including UMBC physicists became one of 10 teams to successfully submit a proposal to NASA to develop the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite...
Posted: November 12, 2024, 1:45 PM
Striving for more efficient and equitable healthcare: Ian Stockwell wins major NIH grant
Ian Stockwell ’03, information systems and financial economics, M.A. ’06, economic policy analysis, and Ph.D. ’14, public policy, has spent his 20-plus-year career analyzing healthcare operations....
Posted: November 12, 2024, 1:03 PM
UMBC leads new program to build research security compliance support for mid-sized universities
UMBC is leading a new initiative, in partnership with several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions (MSIs) in the region, that’s aiming to expand...
Posted: November 11, 2024, 2:06 PM
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