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Storm Stalker

Hurricanes are powerful – and they also hold great mysteries. UMBC researcher Jeffrey Halverson uses the latest technology in collaboration with NASA to unlock those secrets and make potential...

Posted: May 19, 2011, 7:13 PM

Retracing Memory

UMBC professor of biology Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg found a box of faded letters that led her deep into her family’s history­–and led scholars to fascinating new findings in Holocaust studies....

Posted: May 19, 2011, 7:08 PM

Tapping Into the Wire

American Studies professor Kimberly Moffitt felt like a stranger when she moved to Baltimore. But her research on public attitudes about the gritty HBO crime drama brought the city closer to home....

Posted: September 24, 2010, 12:51 PM

An Elemental Education

Spend a semester inside UMBC’s pioneering Chemistry Discovery Center and you’ll find that its successes are rooted in teamwork – and two hours a week without Twitter and Twinkies. By Ann...

Posted: September 21, 2010, 8:10 PM

Video: How to be a Pottery Detective

[Video] From UMBC Magazine Fall 2010, How to be a Pottery Detective, featuring Ester Read. Video by Jenny O’Grady.

Posted: September 13, 2010, 6:30 PM

Video: How to Build a Ramen Bridge

[Video] From UMBC Magazine Food Issue, Winter 2010. How to Build a Ramen Bridge, featuring Tim Topoleski. Video by Jenny O’Grady.

Posted: January 13, 2010, 6:38 PM