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Ant Ozok, Information Systems, on The Kojo Nnamdi Show
Technological advancements such as direct deposit, ATMs and cell phone apps have changed the way people bank. A recent news report found that 50% of the population had not visited a bank branch in...
Posted: April 9, 2014, 8:23 PM
Yonathan Zohar, Marine Biotechnology, on NPR’s The Salt
Despite the popularity of seafood, fish farming is not a common practice in the United States due to concerns about waste and disease. However, recent technological innovations could offer...
Posted: April 8, 2014, 7:49 PM
Doug Frey, CBEE, Chosen As Yale’s Horvath Memorial Lecturer
Doug Frey, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, will be this year’s Horvath Memorial Lecturer at Yale University. The prestigious Csaba Horvath lecture series is in memory of Professor Csaba...
Posted: March 28, 2014, 8:36 PM
COEIT Uses Constellation Energy’s Education Award For Undergraduate Research
UMBC’s College of Engineering and Information Technology is using an Energy Education Award from Constellation Energy to provide energy research opportunities for a significant number of...
Posted: March 27, 2014, 4:17 PM
UMBC Students Win Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
We are delighted to share that Michael Moubarek ’15, biochemistry and molecular biology, and Akua Nimarko ’15, biological sciences and psychology, have been named recipients of the prestigious...
Posted: March 21, 2014, 7:10 PM
Marie desJardins, CSEE, Receives NCWIT Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award
The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) has selected Professor Marie desJardins as one of four awardees of the 2014 NCWIT Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award. The...
Posted: March 12, 2014, 7:15 PM
UMBC Postdoctoral Fellow Evelyn Thomas Profiled in SIAM News
Evelyn Thomas, a faculty diversity postdoctoral fellow in mathematics and statistics, is featured in a new profile in SIAM News, a widely read newspaper sponsored by the professional organization...
Posted: March 12, 2014, 6:34 PM
Marie desJardins, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, on Voice of America
Voice of America’s International Women’s Day coverage highlights the efforts of leading women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to encourage girls to pursue those fields. In a...
Posted: March 11, 2014, 3:43 PM
Karan Odom and Kevin Omland, Biological Sciences, Make Headlines for Bird Song Research
Karan Odom and Kevin Omland, biological sciences, recently made headlines around the world with a Nature Communications article that challenges the assumption that bird song is an exclusively male...
Posted: March 6, 2014, 3:34 PM
Brian Cullum, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Named SPIE Fellow
Brian Cullum, chemistry and biochemistry, has been elected as an SPIE fellow for his achievements as an innovator in photonics and sensors. SPIE’s announcement of the honor recognizes Cullum...
Posted: March 5, 2014, 8:49 PM
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