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UMBC upgrades High Performance Computing Facility through new NSF grant, expanding possibilities for data-intensive research

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UMBC received an NSF award to expand its High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF). The funding will go toward upgraded hardware and increased computing speeds for the interdisciplinary core facility, which supports scientific computing and other complex, data-intensive research. Continue Reading UMBC upgrades High Performance Computing Facility through new NSF grant, expanding possibilities for data-intensive research

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UMBC’s Erin Lavik receives National Eye Institute funding to create “living model of the human retina”

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“We do not have good models for studying these diseases, but it is our hope that we can use this prize to build new models of the eye that can be screened rapidly to allow researchers to not only understand eye diseases but to look for new therapies,” said Lavik. Continue Reading UMBC’s Erin Lavik receives National Eye Institute funding to create “living model of the human retina”

UMBC faculty awarded NSF grant to shrink tumors with heat and nanoparticles

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“This strategy, if successful, will not only ensure delivering high payloads of anticancer drugs directly to tumors where they are needed the most, but also result in an overall reduction of drug dosage, and thereby reducing systemic toxicity in other body organs,” explains Liang Zhu, professor of mechanical engineering and PI of the grant. Continue Reading UMBC faculty awarded NSF grant to shrink tumors with heat and nanoparticles

2017 Alumni Awards celebrate impressive contributions across disciplines from UMBC alumni and faculty

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“You see this great cadre of people who represent the best of our university, the best of our country and the best of humankind. They are solving the problems of humankind,” said President Hrabowski. “This is by far the best of UMBC.” Continue Reading 2017 Alumni Awards celebrate impressive contributions across disciplines from UMBC alumni and faculty

UMBC alumni mentors give today’s students a glimpse of possible career paths

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During the summer months, hundreds of UMBC students immersed themselves in high-value internships at companies, nonprofits, and government agencies. There, they learned about new fields, developed skills, and expanded their connections, taking advantage of UMBC’s strong network of emerging and established professionals who value both leadership and mentorship. Continue Reading UMBC alumni mentors give today’s students a glimpse of possible career paths

UMBC’s Gymama Slaughter to develop bioreactors that could pause the clock for life-saving organ transplants

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Currently, organ and tissue donors typically need to be in close proximity to transplant recipients due to limitations in organ transport. With technological improvements, Slaughter says, the viability of the organs could be increased to about 36 hours, greatly expanding the distance an organ could travel from donor to recipient, and the likelihood of a successful transplant Continue Reading UMBC’s Gymama Slaughter to develop bioreactors that could pause the clock for life-saving organ transplants

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