“We will be able to build critical tools that can noninvasively activate or block any part of the brain, and study their individual roles in functional networks,” said Fow-Sen Choa, one of the UMBC researchers to receive an NSF Neural and Cognitive Systems grant. Continue Reading Three UMBC faculty studying the human brain to offer options for treatment and early intervention The initiatives challenge students to be active in their education and encourage faculty to be innovative and work across disciplines. Continue Reading Hrabowski Fund for Innovation awards grants for four unique faculty initiatives An NSF grant will support the building of a wireless sensor system to monitor floods in real-time, and will use information from social media networks to forecast the severity of these floods. Continue Reading UMBC researchers will combine sensors and social media to develop new flash flood alert system “Compared to injuries that aren’t treated with the nanoparticles, we can cut the bleeding time in half and reduce total blood loss,” she explained. Continue Reading Lavik Lab develops nanoparticles to promote blood clotting after traumatic injury This year several UMBC students spent the summer months working with UMBC alumni to explore careers related to their majors, expand their knowledge and skills, and learn more about themselves through internships. Continue Reading UMBC alumni connect with fellow Retrievers through Baltimore-based summer internships Mohamed Hussein ’14, will swim the 200 meter individual medley, and Cleopatra Borel ’02 will compete in the track and field shot put competition. Continue Reading Retrievers in Rio: UMBC alumni compete on the world stage at the 2016 Olympics Forno explains how electronic ballot boxes are vulnerable to attacks, and some tactics that the U.S. can use to secure the voting machines and protect the data it collects. Continue Reading UMBC’s Rick Forno shares best practices to prevent cyber attacks against election technology The company, led by a UMBC alumnus Mike Adelstein, uses lasers, 3D printers and other technologies to create products with extreme precision, to the scale of one micron, smaller than a particle of dust. Continue Reading bwtech@UMBC’s Potomac Photonics makes big strides in micro-manufacturing Janet Rutledge, vice provost and dean of the graduate school, and Renetta G. Tull, director of the PROMISE program, explain some of the programs at UMBC that support doctoral students as they complete their degrees. Continue Reading The Atlantic and Chronicle of Higher Education spotlight UMBC for boosting graduate student success UMBC’s Express Licensing Agreement, created by Office of the Vice President for Research, has helped three start-up companies launch in the past year, and more companies are expected to be established with the help of the agreement this year. Continue Reading The Daily Record highlights UMBC’s start-up boom Rick Forno explains the ongoing process of stopping cyber attacks, and the importance of regularly practicing safe-computing practices. Continue Reading What can be done after a cyber attack? UMBC cybersecurity expert offers tips following DNC breach People leave digital fingerprints behind as they navigate the internet, and Forno, cybersecurity, explains how tools can help disguise these fingerprints and protect personal information. Continue Reading Rick Forno explains digital fingerprints in The Daily Record
Three UMBC faculty studying the human brain to offer options for treatment and early intervention
Hrabowski Fund for Innovation awards grants for four unique faculty initiatives
UMBC researchers will combine sensors and social media to develop new flash flood alert system
Lavik Lab develops nanoparticles to promote blood clotting after traumatic injury
UMBC alumni connect with fellow Retrievers through Baltimore-based summer internships
Retrievers in Rio: UMBC alumni compete on the world stage at the 2016 Olympics
UMBC’s Rick Forno shares best practices to prevent cyber attacks against election technology
bwtech@UMBC’s Potomac Photonics makes big strides in micro-manufacturing
The Atlantic and Chronicle of Higher Education spotlight UMBC for boosting graduate student success
The Daily Record highlights UMBC’s start-up boom
What can be done after a cyber attack? UMBC cybersecurity expert offers tips following DNC breach
Rick Forno explains digital fingerprints in The Daily Record
