On a recent Friday, representatives of UMBC, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gathered in UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery and pledged to work together to diversify and advance environmental science. Continue Reading Working to diversify and advance environmental science, UMBC, USGS and EPA sign new agreement
Shaniah Reece tapped into a support network in the UMBC community to find her career path and excel in academics, research, and community leadership. Next, she is heading to Ph.D. in computer science at Emory University. Continue Reading Support network helps an international student with a passion for computing find her career path
Max Bobbin may still be an undergraduate, but he’s already made significant research contributions to Tyler Josephson’s chemical engineering team. He believes his additional philosophy major supported his engineering work in important ways. Continue Reading Applying philosophy to excel in chemical engineering
U.S. News announced its 2023-24 Best Graduate School rankings, highlighting UMBC graduate programs in a broad range of fields, from public policy and several types of engineering to mathematics and other sciences. Continue Reading U.S. News Best Graduate School rankings for 2023–24 name UMBC programs among best in the nation
In 2020, Renata Taylor-Smith ‘24, theatre, eagerly prepared for her first trip to Munich, Germany to study theatrical lighting design, but a week before she was meant to fly to Germany, her trip was canceled due to COVID-19. She learned that the show she was working on would be postponed indefinitely. Discover how she pivoted to have a valuable research experience, recently shared at UMBC’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD 23023), where hundreds of students presented their work. Continue Reading Lighting design to flu treatment: UMBC students share research and creative work at URCAD 2023
UMBC recently opening a new space for the Computing Success Center, one of many UMBC initiatives that is boosting the success of diverse students in high-demand computing fields. Continue Reading Amid surging demand for computing education, UMBC initiatives boost student success
Ramana Vinjamuri explores how to improve robot-human communication to advance robots’ ability to cooperate with and assist people. Continue Reading Robots are everywhere – improving how they communicate with people could advance human-robot collaboration
In the 1960s, a common routine for elementary school students was to practice hiding under their desks in case of a nuclear blast. Following the Bay of Pigs standoff in 1961, international tensions remained high as the United States and the Soviet Union continued advancing their nuclear weapons. But global armament was only a minor inconvenience to Stanley Czajkowski in those days. As a third grader in Miss Hamill’s class, he was busy falling in love with the riddle of math. Unbeknownst to this future Retriever was how he would eventually use those foundational mathematical skills to develop algorithms designed to… Continue Reading The math (and the man) behind our national security
UMBC cybersecurity expert Richard Forno explains the Biden administration’s first National Cybersecurity Strategy, released on March 2, 2023. Continue Reading What is the National Cybersecurity Strategy? A cybersecurity expert explains what it is and what the Biden administration has changed
Assessing the quality of nursing home care has historically been a challenging and complex process that considers only a portion of the factors involved—generally, clinical indicators reported by the nursing homes themselves. UMBC researchers are collaborating on a new measure of nursing home quality that combines care experiences with clinical data. And they are doing it with funding from a new UMBC program designed to support novel research across different teams. Continue Reading CIDER program supports new approach to measuring nursing home quality, plus more research collaborations
Deepa Madan, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at UMBC, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for research on materials that could improve wearable medical devices, reduce energy waste, and power sensors to monitor everything from the safety of infrastructure to the paths pollutants travel. Continue Reading Unlocking the secrets of materials that turn heat into electricity: UMBC’s Deepa Madan wins NSF CAREER Award
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is all over the news these days. For those who aren’t working in this sphere, it might feel mysterious or even like a science fiction film. However, for researchers at UMBC, AI is just another tool in a growing collection of instruments that can make life better for their fellow human beings. AI-driven thinking opens up possibilities for improvements and problem solving in health care, the environment, civil engineering, and beyond. It can make previously unthinkable amounts of data easy to analyze. But work of this magnitude also calls for an ethical approach, both in how… Continue Reading How UMBC’s humanistic approach to AI creates positive community change
