UMBC News and Magazine Headlines

UMBC swimmer Alexander Gliese ’19, mechanical engineering, captured his first national title at the Danish Open by winning the 200m backstroke. SwimSwam’s coverage of the men’s 200m notes, “The...

Robert Provine, psychology research professor and professor emeritus, has spoken with several major national and international news outlets over the last few weeks about his research on crying,...

UMBC partnered with the Maryland State Department of Education to bring more than 200 educators, industry leaders, and legislators together for the Maryland Computing Education Summit, the state’s...

Maryland Secretary of Commerce Mike Gill visited UMBC on April 7, 2016, for an afternoon focused on UMBC research and entrepreneurship. While at UMBC, Secretary Gill met with President Freeman...

More than five million Americans have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and Kafui Dzirasa ‘01, chemical engineering, is working to develop an electrical device that would stabilize a person’s...

Six members of the UMBC community, including one current undergraduate and five recent alumni, have received highly competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship...

Matt Pelton, assistant professor of physics, has received the prominent CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance his research on vibrating nanoparticles. His award totals...

The American Council on Education (ACE), has announced that Anne Brodsky has been named an ACE fellow for academic year 2016-17. Brodsky, an associate dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and...

Viviana MacManus, an assistant professor of gender and women’s studies, has been awarded a Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation....

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