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Pres. Freeman Hrabowski honors Class of 2022 at final commencement as UMBC leader

May 27, 2022 / 6 minutes of reading

Nearly 1,800 students walked across the stage at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena this week during UMBC’s 78th graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies. After pausing to receive their congratulatory elbow bumps from President Freeman Hrabowski and other leaders, they could breathe a sigh of relief, knowing their hard work and perseverance paid off. Continue Reading Pres. Freeman Hrabowski honors Class of 2022 at final commencement as UMBC leader

For the Love of Dirty Jobs

Dec 8, 2021 / 11 minutes of reading

People who care about change must be willing to plunge their hands deep into the mess of this world. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it. Continue Reading For the Love of Dirty Jobs

Sherman Scholars Live Out Founder’s Legacy

Nov 29, 2021 / 5 minutes of reading

Following the passing of George Sherman, the Sherman STEM Teacher Scholars carry on the legacy of inclusive education in underserved communities. Continue Reading Sherman Scholars Live Out Founder’s Legacy

Viruses are both the villains and heroes of life as we know it

Oct 20, 2021 / 5 minutes of reading

Viruses are arguably nature’s powerhouses for genetic innovation. Humans are likely here today because of them. Continue Reading Viruses are both the villains and heroes of life as we know it

The Hospitality of UMBC’s Student Clubs

Sep 9, 2021 / 6 minutes of reading

As a new semester gets underway dozens student organizations readily welcome Retrievers who may not assume that the club is for them. Continue Reading The Hospitality of UMBC’s Student Clubs

Her Science Is the World’s

Jun 10, 2021 / 12 minutes of reading

By leading the team behind the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Kizzmekia Corbett has already changed the world—she is also helping change the future of research. Continue Reading Her Science Is the World’s

Creating Technology that Protects Us—Rising Together

Jun 8, 2021 / 8 minutes of reading

UMBC Rising Stars discuss their roles in the healthcare and defense industries, with an aim to harness technology to protect from disease and cyber warfare. Continue Reading Creating Technology that Protects Us—Rising Together

Virgin births from parthenogenesis: How females from some species can reproduce without males

Dec 15, 2020 / 4 minutes of reading

In some cases, it allows females to generate their own mating partners. Continue Reading Virgin births from parthenogenesis: How females from some species can reproduce without males

Female song is common among fairywrens, like this red-backed fairywren. Paul Balfe/Flickr, CC BY

Women Have Disrupted Research on Bird Song, and Their Findings Show How Diversity Can Improve All Fields of Science

Sep 11, 2020 / 5 minutes of reading

Female bird song is widespread, and it is likely that the ancestor of all songbirds had female song, research shows. The key people driving this recent paradigm shift? Women. Continue Reading Women Have Disrupted Research on Bird Song, and Their Findings Show How Diversity Can Improve All Fields of Science

What makes something smell good or bad?

Jun 1, 2020 / 4 minutes of reading

What makes something smell good or bad? A UMBC biology lab studying the brain and sense of smell addresses our reactions to pleasant and unpleasant odors. Continue Reading What makes something smell good or bad?

Antibiotic resistance is not new – it existed long before people used drugs to kill bacteria

Jun 5, 2019 / 6 minutes of reading

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

Seeing Without Eyes – The Unexpected World of Nonvisual Photoreception

Sep 27, 2017 / 6 minutes of reading

Thomas Cronin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County We humans are uncommonly visual creatures. And those of us endowed with normal sight are used to thinking of our eyes as vital to how we experience the world. Vision is an advanced form of photoreception – that is, light sensing. But we also experience other more rudimentary forms of photoreception in our daily lives. We all know, for instance, the delight of perceiving the warm sun on our skin, in this case using heat as a substitute for light. No eyes or even special photoreceptor cells are necessary. But scientists have discovered… Continue Reading Seeing Without Eyes – The Unexpected World of Nonvisual Photoreception

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