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Recovery from the flooding in Ellicott City has been long and difficult, and communities have often been left with more questions than answers. UMBC Magazine sat down with experts in public policy...

1772 ⬗ Since its founding in 1772, Ellicott City “has come in for an inordinate amount of disasters from floods, fires and railroad wrecks,” wrote Fred Rasmussen in The Baltimore Sun in 2012....

By Sarah Stellwagen, postdoctoral researcher in biological sciences, UMBC What do all of the over 45,000 described spider species on Earth have in common? Each makes at least one type of silk....

Ivan Erill, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, UMBC Imagine a world where your odds of surviving minor surgery were one to three. A world in which a visit to the dentist could spell...

By Mariano R. Sto. Domingo, Department of Psychology Faculty, UMBC, and Viji Sathy, Teaching Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jerome Adams is the 20th surgeon...

by Michelle R. Scott, Associate Professor of History, UMBC and Earl Brooks, Assistant Professor of English, UMBC At a moment when there is a longstanding heated debate over how artists and pop...

by Constantine Nomikos Vaporis, Professor of History, UMBC For the first time in 217 years, a Japanese emperor will cede his place on the imperial throne. On April 30, Japan’s ailing...

By Charles Betley, Senior Policy Analyst, UMBC Cigarettes have been known for years to cause many diseases. Tobacco companies now have to pay $9 billion each year to help states pay for the...

By John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy, UMBC After years of debate, New York state has adopted congestion pricing to deal with traffic problems in New York City. Starting in...

By Manil Suri, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, UMBC, and Karen Saxe, Macalester College “Are we in Maryland’s third congressional district?” Karen asked on a recent visit to the UMBC...