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UMBC Magazine: See The Challenge, Be The Change

Written by Megan Hanks Mastrola Modeled after a national program, UMBC’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program was established in the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) in Fall 2016. Over the past six years, the program has expanded, drawing together students from various disciplines to address major challenges that the world is facing. Ranging from engineering better medicines and securing cyberspace…

Posted: July 11, 2022

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Astronomers observe real-time formation of black hole jets for the first time

Eileen Meyer (Marlayna Demond ’11/UMBC) A large international team of scientists has observed a phenomenon that astronomers didn’t ever expect to see happen in real time. A new paper published...

Posted: January 13, 2025, 10:18 AM

UMBC increases rank in latest HERD survey, among top 10 universities in the nation in NASA funding

UMBC’s national rankings in federal research funding are on the rise based on the NSF’s latest Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey results, which includes the university being...

Posted: December 16, 2024, 11:20 AM

FIRST faculty cohort brings new research areas to College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

In fall 2022, the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at UMBC and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) received a five-year, $13.7 million grant from the National...

Posted: December 5, 2024, 4:11 PM

New study finds specific sensory neurons associated with parental care and reproductive behaviors in male cichlids

African cichlids, a group of thousands of freshwater fish species, present a wide range of distinctive mating and parental care behaviors. However, the mechanisms that drive these behaviors are...

Posted: December 4, 2024, 2:42 PM

Biotech Buzz

UMBC at the Universities at Shady Grove finds itself uniquely situated—at home within the country’s third largest biotech hub where the demand for highly skilled workers is growing. These...

Posted: December 3, 2024, 2:13 PM

Yonathan Zohar honored for lifetime of contributions to fish endocrinology research and advances in aquaculture

Yonathan Zohar, professor of marine biotechnology, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Fish Endocrinology. Zohar’s work at the Institute of Marine and...

Posted: November 25, 2024, 4:35 PM

When public service gets personal

When Patricia Mengue Bindjeme, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering, went to classes, her professors would sometimes point out how engineers’ decisions can have life-or-death consequences....

Posted: November 25, 2024, 2:42 PM

Biologist Tom Cronin co-authors ‘Color in Nature,’ a beautiful and accessible tour of color’s role in our world

Color in Nature, co-authored byThomas W. Cronin, professor of biological sciences, covers the world of color from the first principles of physics to the use of color in art and design. An even mix...

Posted: November 21, 2024, 3:05 PM

NASA awards AXIS X-ray telescope co-developed by UMBC faculty $5M for further study

Nearly a year ago, a group of engineers and scientists including UMBC physicists became one of 10 teams to successfully submit a proposal to NASA to develop the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite...

Posted: November 12, 2024, 1:45 PM

Alumna introduces horseshoe crabs to K-12 classrooms to raise these scientifically useful arthropods

Most people wouldn’t guess horseshoe crabs—ancient arthropods with hard, round carapaces and long, spiky tails—when asked what animals you might find in a K-12 classroom. But Jessica Baniak ’23,...

Posted: October 28, 2024, 10:14 AM

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