From UMBC News and Magazine
UMBC opens new academic year with new president, largest-ever incoming class
“ “This is a time when you begin to define what you love, what really matters to you, who you want to be in this world, and what difference you want to make in the lives of...
Posted: September 1, 2022, 3:02 PM
Did Twitter ignore basic security measures? A cybersecurity expert explains a whistleblower’s claims
By Richard Forno, Principal Lecturer,Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, UMBC Twitter’s former security chief, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, filed a whistleblower complaint with the...
Posted: September 1, 2022, 1:03 PM
The Hilltop Institute at UMBC revolutionizes data analytics to advance health and wellbeing
Two researchers from The Hilltop Institute at UMBC just received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to investigate hospital price transparency. With the nearly $300,000 award funded by the...
Posted: August 31, 2022, 10:23 AM
UMBC’s Chris Swan awarded NSF funding for U.S.-Brazil partnership on stream biodiversity
A new collaboration between scientists in the U.S. and Brazil hopes to increase our ability to predict how biological communities may change in a warming world. The researchers will investigate...
Posted: August 29, 2022, 6:04 PM
From the Soil to the Stars, Internships Take Students’ Futures to the Next Level
UMBC students are known for the strength of their diversity: not just in their personal backgrounds, but in the breadth of their academic interests and professional goals. Accordingly,...
Posted: August 29, 2022, 1:07 PM
UMBC’s Chengpeng Chen receives $1.7M NIH grant to develop human liver model
It can take more than 10 years and a billion dollars to get one new drug approved, and less than 10 percent of drugs succeed in clinical trials. Part of the problem is that common techniques used...
Posted: August 26, 2022, 4:02 PM
UMBC’s Nkiru Nnawulezi and D.C. community partners make the case for survivor-centered housing services
In fall 2016 the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence (DCCADV) approached Nkiru Nnawulezi for her help collecting data on the experiences of domestic violence survivors in Washington D.C. She...
Posted: August 25, 2022, 11:50 AM
UMBC Remembers Dr. Alan Sorkin
Dear Colleagues, We are saddened to learn of the recent transition of Dr. Alan Sorkin who served as chair of the Department of Economics for 31 years. Dr. Sorkin passed away on Friday, August 19,...
Posted: August 24, 2022, 12:47 PM
UMBC’s Jeffrey Gardner receives $1.3M from NIH to discover new treatments for fungal disease
Like bacteria, fungi can cause disease inside your body and on your skin, or even grow on medical equipment like catheter tubing and wound dressings. Many fungal diseases are treatable with...
Posted: August 23, 2022, 6:05 PM
UMBC’s Leamon defines “solar clock” that can precisely predict solar cycle events years in advance
Ever since humans could first observe sunspots about 400 years ago, we’ve been using them to try to define the solar cycle. Approximately every 11 years, solar activity such as sunspots and solar...
Posted: August 12, 2022, 9:57 AM
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