Top 10 Reasons to Choose UMBC
So, you’re thinking about becoming a Retriever? Here are 10 reasons why we know you’ll love it here at UMBC. (Twelve, if you count the puppies and squirrels.) Continue Reading Top 10 Reasons to Choose UMBC
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In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court has ruled that partisan gerrymandering is not unconstitutional. The issue is a political one, according to the court, not a legal one. Continue Reading After Supreme Court Decision, Gerrymandering Fix Is up to Voters Researchers are still learning how race-related social experiences and physical environments affect health, illness, and mortality. Continue Reading Not All Americans Have a Fair Path to a Good Death – Racial Disparities Are Real Watch the full lifespan of a dragonfly in this animation created by UMBC designer Layla Thompson-Koch. Continue Reading Video Extra: Lifespan of a Dragonfly For years, the UMBC swimming and diving team has been quietly winning its way into university history. Since 1999, they have amassed 32 championship trophies. Continue Reading The Best Team You’ve Never Heard Of Since its founding in 1772, Ellicott City “has come in for an inordinate amount of disasters from floods, fires and railroad wrecks,” Continue Reading Ellicott City: A Timeline of Resilience Dr. Michael Summers is the Robert E. Meyerhoff Chair for Excellence in Research and Mentoring; a Distinguished University Professor; and an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Over the years, he has worked with dozens of Meyerhoff scholars in his lab. UMBC Magazine sat down with Summers to talk about his history with the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, now celebrating its 30th year. UMBC Magazine: Can you tell us what your involvement has been with the Meyerhoff Scholars Program over the years? Mike Summers: Well, I have no administrative role with the Meyerhoff program. I got started when [UMBC President]… Continue Reading Q&A: Dr. Michael Summers on the Meyerhoff Scholars Program Under lucrative arrangements, states are increasingly leasing prisoners to private corporations to harvest food for American consumers. Continue Reading Convicts Are Returning to Farming—Anti-Immigrant Policies Are the Reason Many state and local governments, including Baltimore, remain underprepared and underfunded to adequately deal with cybersecurity’s many challenges. Continue Reading Hackers Seek Ransoms from Baltimore and Communities Across the US Using new technology, a UMBC researcher and her colleague have been able to sequence the first full genetic sequences that code for spider glue proteins. Continue Reading Spider Glue’s Sticky Secret Revealed By New Genetic Research With antibiotic resistance becoming a major threat, figuring out how resistance to antibiotics emerges and spreads among bacterial populations will be increasingly important. Continue Reading Antibiotic resistance is not new – it existed long before people used drugs to kill bacteria More than 3,500 miles from UMBC, Mburu shares her thoughts on her first year at Oxford, and how she’s making herself at home. Continue Reading Choosing Her Own Adventure
After Supreme Court Decision, Gerrymandering Fix Is up to Voters
Not All Americans Have a Fair Path to a Good Death – Racial Disparities Are Real
Video Extra: Lifespan of a Dragonfly
The Best Team You’ve Never Heard Of
Ellicott City: A Timeline of Resilience
Q&A: Dr. Michael Summers on the Meyerhoff Scholars Program
Convicts Are Returning to Farming—Anti-Immigrant Policies Are the Reason
Hackers Seek Ransoms from Baltimore and Communities Across the US
Spider Glue’s Sticky Secret Revealed By New Genetic Research
Antibiotic resistance is not new – it existed long before people used drugs to kill bacteria
Choosing Her Own Adventure