“More than half of the world’s population lives in cities,” says Chris Swan, “and understanding how these environments function from the natural, physical and social science perspectives has never been more important.” Continue Reading Twenty years of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study: An icon of urban ecology research
At its core, this partnership and others “are about building relationships, better communication, and building a community that benefits the students, the faculty, and the institutions,” Dean Bill LaCourse says. “The idea is to make a bigger tent, and not work as two institutions, but as one.” Continue Reading NSF grants UMBC and community college partners $1.4M to innovate science education
“I was really interested in looking at transfer from an asset-based perspective,” says UMBC’s Sarah Jewett. “Transfer students bring so many experiences and talents to this campus, just like every other student, and I think those strengths need to be recognized and tapped.” Continue Reading UMBC and community colleges collaborate to boost transfer student success in STEM
RedShred—cofounded by two UMBC alumni and housed in the bwtech@UMBC incubator—has received a rare Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Award from the National Science Foundation to expand in a new direction, in collaboration with UMBC faculty and graduate students. Continue Reading Alumni startup at bwtech@UMBC earns unique award for artificial intelligence work with UMBC research team
“We’re really hoping this new method is going to address some issues with what kinds of data get published,” says Evangeline Rose, first author on a new paper. This paper “is part of an amazing drumbeat that’s building up in the scientific community,” Kevin Omland says. “There’s a broader problem with the scientific method that’s being increasingly acknowledged, and the test we’ve developed can at least play a small role, and I hope a big role, in addressing it.” Continue Reading UMBC researchers develop new method to address deep-seated biases in science, starting with birds
On the heels of a pioneering paper earlier this year, Deffner is off and running to help generate “a better, more concise understanding of the universe,” he says. He recognizes, however, that the journey will be a marathon, not a sprint. While it may take decades to complete this work, Deffner says, “Sometimes you have to take a risk and follow the dream.” Continue Reading UMBC’s Sebastian Deffner receives FQXi support for pioneering work to define laws of the universe
After hours of intense competition in cyberspace, UMBC’s team emerged victorious, named champions of the college division of the 2018 Maryland Cyber Challenge. Continue Reading UMBC students win top prize at Maryland Cyber Challenge
Lee Blaney received a phase one grant from the Environmental Protection Agency’s People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) program to develop an innovative system to recover nutrients from an unexpected source: human urine. Continue Reading Porta-NERDs: Meet the team changing how people think about waste through EPA-supported research
“We can predict a material’s properties before experimentalists can even synthesize it,” says Can Ataca. The new methods his lab is developing will make those predictions many times more accurate, supporting other scientists in their efforts to develop materials for applications from solar cells to gas masks. Continue Reading UMBC physicist Can Ataca developing quicker, cheaper way to create novel, one-atom-thick materials
Following clue after clue, Brewster’s lab is on a mission to enable new methods that would allow organs to last longer and travel farther to those in need. NIH has rewarded the lab’s noteworthy progress toward that end with a $400,000, two-year Exploratory Research Award to continue the work. Continue Reading UMBC’s Rachel Brewster investigates cellular survival to improve the preservation of organs for transplant
Traveling far from home for an immersive research experience can be transformational for an undergraduate. Living and working in a completely new environment, with new colleagues, can be intimidating, but it also offers powerful opportunities for growth. Five STEM BUILD students from UMBC took that plunge this summer, and all made lasting memories that will inform their paths forward. Continue Reading South Africa to Colorado: Summer research helps UMBC STEM BUILD students chart their course
Over the past two decades, UMBC and the National Security Agency (NSA) have developed a strong relationship, which has led to research, internship, and career opportunities for faculty, students, and alumni. Continue Reading National Security Agency highlights strong partnership with UMBC through Featured School campaign
