This year, UMBC partnered with the EPA to host more events than ever before for Earth Day: a total of 18 throughout the month of April. “A tradition we are really proud of is that this event is 100 percent planned and implemented by our graduate students,” shared Zhibo Zhang about the concluding Earth Day Symposium. Continue Reading Month of Earth Day events culminates with 8th Annual Earth Day Symposium
For the fifth consecutive year, multiple UMBC students have been awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship. Gabriel Otubu ’25, biochemistry, Nathaniel Glover ’25, chemical engineering, and Samuel Barnett ’25, biochemistry, were recently named among the 2024 Goldwater Scholars recipients, joining UMBC’s growing list of students to receive this prestigious research scholarship. Continue Reading UMBC students receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for fifth consecutive year
“Receiving the Board of Regents Student excellence Scholarship has provided me with the motivation to propel my research to the next level on my quest to find new predictive biomarkers pertaining to Atlantic salmon reproductive endocrinology,” Jonas Miller says. Continue Reading Ph.D. student Jonas Miller receives USM Student Excellence Scholarship
UMBC’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) returned earlier this month for its 28th year, bringing together more than 400 student presenters and the broader university community for a day filled with posters, performances, demonstrations, and much more. Continue Reading Watch: A recap of URCAD 2024
CNMS GradFest featured six lightning talks and 46 posters, all given by CNMS graduate students. The successful pilot event responded to a specific request from graduate students and postdocs in the college. Continue Reading First CNMS GradFest fosters interdepartmental interaction among grads, postdocs
The African International Conference on Statistics, led by UMBC, is poised to enter a new era with support from the American Statistical Association. “Now we stand as partners with the world’s largest statistical association, the American Statistical Association,” Yehenew Kifle says. “This partnership with ASA lays the foundation for great optimism about a promising future for the AIC.” Continue Reading UMBC partners with American Statistical Association to organize annual African International Conference on Statistics
The College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS) hosted its first CNMS Science Discovery Series event on March 27. The goal of the series is to give back to the community by offering an opportunity for non-experts to learn about the research happening in their backyards, and it was a big success. Continue Reading Inaugural CNMS Science Discovery Series hits the mark with community audience
Manil Suri explains why numbers go on forever and gives a brief history of how humans invented and used numbers, for curious kids of all ages. Continue Reading From thousands to millions to billions to trillions to quadrillions and beyond: Do numbers ever end?
Ephraim Ruttenberg ’25 combines his passions for mathematics and crochet to stitch unique mathematical forms. Continue Reading Stitching it all together, or how Ephraim Ruttenberg ’25 got hooked on math and crochet
Data collected by HARP2, an instrument designed and built by UMBC scientists and engineers, is already available to the public, as is data from the other instruments on NASA’s PACE satellite, which launched February 8. Continue Reading First data from UMBC’s HARP2 instrument on NASA PACE mission goes public
By Adi Foord, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, UMBC Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. If the James Webb telescope was 10 times more powerful, could we see the beginning of time? – Sam H., age 12, Prosper, Texas The James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST for short, is one of the most advanced telescopes ever built. Planning for JWST began over 25 years ago, and construction efforts spanned over a decade. It was launched into space on Dec. 25,… Continue Reading Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains
While Earth Day may be a one-day affair, our everyday actions affect the Earth 365 days of the year. This April, UMBC is celebrating Earth Month, allowing the community to dedicate time to reflect more deeply on the environmental challenges we are facing and also celebrate the many gifts our world has to offer. In partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), UMBC is hosting a lineup of free, exciting, Earth Day events happening all month! You don’t even need to leave campus to join in on the fun all while learning about… Continue Reading 6 Earth Day events that will ground you to our planet
