UMBC's Spring 2024 magazine cover, featuring a large green balloon being released into the sky by students for a lab research project.
UMBC's Spring 2024 magazine cover, featuring a large green balloon being released into the sky by students for a lab research project.

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  • Lee Blaney assumes presidency of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors

    Lee Blaney assumes presidency of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors

    Professor Lee Blaney, in the Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, formally assumed the role of president of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) at a board of directors meeting in early September. AEESP is a nonprofit organization founded in 1963 to foster inclusive connections between environmental engineering and science researchers…


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  • New study increases understanding of HIV drug’s negative effects on the brain

    New study increases understanding of HIV drug’s negative effects on the brain

    Efavirenz is an important drug for treating HIV infection, but it has negative effects that can significantly impact patients’ quality of life over time. It causes neuropsychiatric disorders and neurocognitive impairment in roughly 50 percent of patients. The drug is associated with abnormal lipid levels in blood plasma, but the molecular mechanisms responsible for negative…


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  • Meet a Retriever—Buhlebakhe Ncube, a 2024 Young African Leaders Initiative Fellow

    Meet a Retriever—Buhlebakhe Ncube, a 2024 Young African Leaders Initiative Fellow

    Meet Buhlebakhe Ncube from Zimbabwe. She spent six weeks at UMBC as part of the 2024 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the flagship program of the U.S. Government’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) hosted by UMBC’s Center for Global Engagement (CGE). The new cohort included 25 innovators from countries across Sub-Saharan Africa representing…


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