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
UMBC researchers are tackling disparities related to healthcare and changing the way people around the world access health technologies. Continue Reading Urgent Care
In the aftermath of two “1000-year” floods in three years, can experts, officials, and residents agree on a way to prevent the next big one while preserving this historic town? By Sarah Hansen M.S. ’15 Ellicott City, Maryland, rests in a steep, narrow valley at the confluence of the Tiber River, its smaller unnamed tributaries, and the much larger Patapsco River. All that water power made it the perfect place to build a mill town—as brothers Jonathan and George Ellicott did beginning in 1772. The mill town flourished in the 1800s and was the first stop on the Baltimore and… Continue Reading Learning from Ellicott City
Recovery from the flooding in Ellicott City has been long and difficult, and communities have often been left with more questions than answers. UMBC Magazine sat down with experts in public policy and emergency health services for some insight into policy issues and options for flood hazard management. Included are Susan Sterett, director of the School of Public Policy, on the role of public policy in natural disasters; John Rennie Short, public policy, researcher of urban infrastructure; Ryan Miller’99, emergency health services (EHS), former director of emergency management director and deputy chief of fire and rescue for Howard County; and… Continue Reading An Ounce of Prevention
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
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
The Meyerhoff Scholars program has been called the “gold standard” for providing a path into STEM research for underrepresented students in the field. Continue Reading Here’s How to Increase Diversity in STEM at the College Level and Beyond
At a moment when there is a longstanding heated debate over how artists and pop culture figures should engage in social activism, the life and career of musical legend Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington offers a model of how to do it right. Continue Reading Duke Ellington’s Melodies Carried his Message of Social Justice
For the first time in 217 years, a Japanese emperor will cede his place on the imperial throne. Continue Reading Japan’s next emperor is a modern, multilingual environmentalist
Payments from tobacco companies help support health care for low-income people served by state Medicaid programs. Continue Reading April 15 Is the Day Tobacco Companies Pay $9 Billion for Tobacco Illnesses, but Is It Enough?
