UMBC’s Karen Chen has won an NSF CAREER award to advance data science and student-centered learning analytics. Continue Reading Karen Chen wins NSF CAREER award to build tools to empower students with data
Chemist Paul Smith has been recognized for him commitment to mentoring undergraduate students at UMBC for nearly three decades. Early opportunities “allowed me to immerse myself in research as an undergraduate,” Smith says, “so I think because of that, it’s always been important to me to include undergrads in the research that we do in my lab.” Continue Reading Three decades of student mentoring earns UMBC chemist Paul Smith the Braude Award
UMBC doctoral students are reaping the benefits of an innovative partnership between UMBC and biotech leader Genentech. In year three of a five-year program, six students have received financial support and started conducting research with the company through Genentech Fellowships. In addition, many more students have benefited from regular contact with Genentech senior scientists through their on-campus lecture series. Continue Reading Partnership with biotech giant Genentech benefits UMBC graduate students
New research shows sex differences in how mice process rewarding stimuli, with implications for behavior. “If you want to understand susceptibility and develop better treatments, you have to understand the mechanisms at these synapses,” Tara LeGates says. “You have to understand what’s happening, and you have to understand it in each of the sexes.” Continue Reading “Hidden” sex differences in neurological reward pathways suggest opportunity for improved psychiatric therapeutics
With a new NOAA fellowship, Emily Faber is doing important work to improve climate models. She’s supported by two UMBC alumni—her UMBC research mentor, Adriana Rocha Lima, Ph.D. ’15, and her NOAA mentor, Barry Baker, Ph.D. ’14. Continue Reading Ph.D. candidate Emily Faber improving climate modeling with NOAA fellowship
To emphasize the inclusive reach of the program, the STEM BUILD motto is “500, not 50.” It was created to identify effective interventions that could be implemented at scale to support all STEM students at UMBC, and to find ways to continue those interventions beyond the existence of STEM BUILD. It has been wildly successful. Continue Reading STEM BUILD at UMBC leads to lasting institutional change, benefiting STEM students and beyond
Molly Mollica, an assistant professor in mechanical engineering who joined UMBC in August 2023, has been selected for an American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award, which will provide more than $200,000 to fund her research for the next three years. Mollica studies the biomechanics of blood platelets, which play an essential role in healthy blood clotting, but can also contribute to the formation of blood clots that cause heart attacks and strokes. Bleeding and clotting have been shown to vary between males and females, but the reasons are not well understood. In her AHA-funded research, Mollica will investigate how… Continue Reading Molly Mollica wins American Heart Association Career Development Award
Spring on UMBC’s main campus brings a host of familiar sights and sounds: blooms on the magnolia trees, the chatter of red-winged blackbirds calling from the reeds around Library Pond, greening grass on the campus Quad, and black-and-gold-bedecked Grit Guides leading groups of prospective Retrievers around what may soon become a home away from home. The guides cover the usual highlights—Academic Row, the Retriever Activity Center, the AOK Library, eating establishments, and residential halls. UMBC is a place to live, to learn, and to find community. And while some of the functions of campus spaces are obvious, others are often… Continue Reading Putting UMBC Research on the Map
Yehenew Kifle will travel to Ethiopia this summer to work with colleagues on enhancing teaching and mentoring and growing research collaborations to support Ph.D. training in biostatistics as a fellow with the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP). Continue Reading UMBC statistician selected to work with Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia
An innovative internship program run through UMBC that helps Maryland support growing technology businesses while also retaining talented college graduates in the region is set to more than double over the next year, thanks to a $700,000 budget investment from Governor Wes Moore and the Maryland General Assembly. The funding increase is effective July 1, making it available for the summer internship season and allowing for a growing number of employers to immediately take advantage of this proven and effective workforce development program. Launched and administered by UMBC, the Maryland Technology Internship Program (MTIP) offers financial assistance to technology-based businesses… Continue Reading UMBC-run program will support twice as many tech internships this summer
Faculty, staff, and students in the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences gathered to distribute dozens of awards supported by donors, departments, and the college honoring members of the community. Continue Reading CNMS Awards and Recognition Day honors students, faculty, and staff
Lee Blaney will develop new ways to remove substances dubbed “forever chemicals” from water, with funding from the Department of Defence’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. Continue Reading Lee Blaney awarded funding to develop new ways to remove “forever chemicals” from water
