Computer Science and Electrical Engineering News

John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy, UMBC The COVID-19 pandemic has generated mind-numbing statistics over the past two years: half a billion cases, 6 million deaths, 1...

Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, UMBC The White House has been left scrambling a little after President Joe Biden suggested on May 23, 2022, that the U.S....

Camee Maddox-Wingfield, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health, UMBC On May 22 each year, when the eastern Caribbean island of Martinique observes Emancipation Day,...

By Loren Henderson, associate professor, Sociology, UMBC I spent the 2020 spring break week setting up to teach my college courses online while helping to care for my 14-month-old grandchild,...

By Lauren A. Clay, associate professor, Emergency Health Services, UMBC and Emily Belarmino, University of Vermont The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The...

By Richard Forno, principal lecturer, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, UMBC President Joe Biden on March 21, 2022, warned that Russian cyberattacks on U.S. targets are likely,...

By Helena M. Mentis, professor, Information Systems, UMBC and Nora McDonald, assistant professor, Information Technology, University of Cincinnati Recently, the U.S. Social Security...

By Roberto Yus, assistant professor, Computer Science, UMBC, and Primal Pappachan, Penn State Have you ever felt a creeping sensation that someone’s watching you? Then you turn around and you...

By John Rennie Short, professor, School of Public Policy, UMBC Global flashpoints, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Chinese actions in Xinjiang, share a common background: a...

By Fred L. Pincus, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UMBC A conservative leader found fault with how “respect for our nation’s heritage” had been mostly stripped from the textbooks of public...