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Rotting sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis
Written by Farah Nibbs, assistant professor of emergency and disaster health systems at UMBC The Caribbean’s sandy beaches, clear turquoise water and vibrant coral reefs filled with an...
Posted: June 4, 2024, 2:59 PM
How to count time: Professor Curtis Menyuk brings his expertise in optics to an age-old problem
Time—We buy it and spend it, save it and waste it; it seems to race by as we watch our children grow or drag on in the last hour of a Friday work day. Shakespeare marked “time’s thievish progress”...
Posted: June 3, 2024, 1:26 PM
Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands
Written by Farah Nibbs, assistant professor of emergency and disaster health systems at UMBC. In the popular imagination, the Caribbean is paradise, an exotic place to escape to. But behind...
Posted: May 14, 2024, 8:31 AM
How 19th-century Spiritualists ‘canceled’ the idea of hell to address social and political concerns
Written by Lindsay DiCuirci, associate professor of English at UMBC. Between Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, drivers pass a billboard on Interstate 71 that has achieved some internet fame....
Posted: May 8, 2024, 12:11 PM
Neediest areas are being shortchanged on government funds − even with programs designed to benefit poor communities
Written by Eric Stokan, assistant professor of political science at UMBC; Aaron Deslatte, assistant professor of public administration at Indiana University, and Michael Overton, associate...
Posted: May 7, 2024, 1:38 PM
From thousands to millions to billions to trillions to quadrillions and beyond: Do numbers ever end?
Written by Manil Suri, professor of mathematics, UMBC Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
Posted: April 15, 2024, 10:39 AM
Domestic violence survivors seek homeless services from a system that often leaves them homeless
Written by Nkiru Nnawulezi, associate professor of psychology at UMBC, and Lauren Cattaneo, George Mason University About 1 in every 3 women, and 1 in 4 men, will experience domestic violence...
Posted: April 11, 2024, 8:58 AM
Chinese migration to US is nothing new – but the reasons for recent surge at Southern border are
Written by Meredith Oyen, associate professor of history, UMBC The brief closure of the Darien Gap – a perilous 66-mile jungle journey linking South American and Central America – in February...
Posted: April 10, 2024, 9:53 AM
New York City greenlights congestion pricing – here’s how this toll plan is expected to improve traffic, air quality and public transit
Written by John Rennie Short, professor emeritus of public policy, UMBC New York City is poised to launch the first congestion pricing plan to reduce traffic in a major U.S. metropolitan...
Posted: April 10, 2024, 9:02 AM
Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains
By Adi Foord, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, UMBC Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
Posted: April 8, 2024, 4:09 PM
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