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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...

The onset of COVID-19 brought a tremendous amount of uncertainty about the way students would learn going forward. But within that challenge, UMBC saw a unique opportunity to open its virtual...

Dear Students, Student Government Association (SGA) election season is upon us! Every undergraduate student is a member of the SGA, and the SGA serves to represent undergraduates in the...

In the back of a classroom, at a desk strewn with a colorful palette of commingled notebooks and skeins of yarn, sits Ephraim Ruttenberg ’25, mathematics. His fingers nimbly and nearly...

Data from NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite, which will provide insight into ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate, are now available. The Plankton, Aerosol,...

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...

By Preminda Jacob, associate professor of art history and museum studies As the largest electorate in history goes to the polls in India from April 19 to June 1, 2024, political parties 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...

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...

The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), along with several institutional partners, has been selected to develop one of the first three lunar instruments chosen for implementation and...