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Meet a Retriever—Anthony Rivera, information systems major and student researcher
Meet Anthony Rivera, a senior information systems (IS) major and a first-generation college student. When he’s not working on research related to improving equity for Medicaid recipients, you can...
Posted: March 14, 2023, 10:04 AM
How UMBC’s humanistic approach to AI creates positive community change
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is all over the news these days. For those who aren’t working in this sphere, it might feel mysterious or even like a science fiction film. However, for researchers...
Posted: March 2, 2023, 10:33 AM
Meet a Retriever—Nate Dissmeyer ’07, alumni leader and recurring donor
Meet Nate Dissmeyer ’07, information systems, a program manager with Galapagos Federal Systems, providing Army IT support at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. Dissmeyer finds fulfillment in helping to...
Posted: February 24, 2023, 12:15 PM
Transforming the future of healthy aging: UMBC event highlights leading practices, research from Kanagawa and Maryland
UMBC recently partnered with the government of Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture to host the seminar “New Frontiers in Healthcare Management,” examining innovative approaches to an aging society. The...
Posted: November 30, 2022, 3:22 PM
Meet a Retriever — Phil Shockley ’04, M.P.P. ’09
Meet UMBC Retriever Phil Shockley ’04, political science and information systems, M.P.P. ’09. As an undergraduate, he was Student Government Association president and took part in leadership roles...
Posted: November 17, 2022, 3:38 PM
The Hilltop Institute at UMBC revolutionizes data analytics to advance health and wellbeing
Two researchers from The Hilltop Institute at UMBC just received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to investigate hospital price transparency. With the nearly $300,000 award funded by the...
Posted: August 31, 2022, 10:23 AM
UMBC students, educators, and researchers advance Maryland through innovative computing partnership
In early 2022, Nadja Franklin ‘23 was exploring summer opportunities through the UMBC Career Center when she heard about a chance to connect with tech internships at Maryland’s state agencies. As...
Posted: August 3, 2022, 2:43 PM
Older Americans are given the wrong idea about online safety – here’s how to help them help themselves
By Helena M. Mentis, professor, Information Systems, UMBC and Nora McDonald, assistant professor, Information Technology, University of Cincinnati Recently, the U.S. Social Security...
Posted: March 24, 2022, 3:30 PM
When Real-World Problems Drive the Work
Natural disasters leave layers of industrial and economic damage in their wake—not to mention loss of life. In order to better combat the next unforeseen event, data is collected immediately after...
Posted: December 13, 2021, 9:38 PM
By Saving One Life, You Have Saved All Humankind
Arrested for his role in a failed terrorist plot as a teenager, Mohammed Khalid found freedom from his radicalization after prison officials showed him kindness and empathy. Freed in 2017 and now...
Posted: June 11, 2021, 12:53 PM
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