Alumna leading the Governor’s Office of Service and Volunteerism draws on her UMBC grit to coordinate COVID-19 response across Maryland. Continue Reading A Career of Putting Others First—Q&A with Nicki Fiocco ’11
A research team from UMBC and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has received a Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant from the National Science Foundation to detect COVID-19 infections earlier through computing. Aryya Gangopadhyay, professor of information systems at UMBC and PI on the grant, explains that this work will use machine learning to improve the speed and accuracy of COVID-19 diagnosis, helping to limit spread of the disease. Continue Reading UMBC researchers receive NSF RAPID grant to speed COVID-19 detection through a deep neural network
For more than a decade, Wilson has served as a public health expert on disease response and public health planning at the international, national, and state levels. When the NGA called, she joined an interdisciplinary team of experts in developing “The Roadmap to Recovery: A Public Health Guide for Governors.” Continue Reading UMBC’s Lucy Wilson, an infectious disease transmission expert, helps governors and the public respond to COVID-19
A team led by UMBC’s Dipanjan Pan has developed an experimental diagnostic test to rapidly detect the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19, potentially as early as the first day of infection. Researchers designed the test to show results visually, through a color change visible with the naked eye when the virus is present. Unlike other tests, it does not require advanced laboratory techniques or tools. Continue Reading UMBC’s Dipanjan Pan develops rapid diagnostic test for virus causing COVID-19
From an economist’s perspective, Americans facing increased financial stress because of the pandemic are less likely to seek medical help for coronavirus symptoms. Continue Reading Americans’ Deepening Financial Stress Will Make the Coronavirus a Lot Harder to Contain
The “Lost and Found” archive is a space for people to memorialize what could have been – and to record what can now emerge, in its absence. Continue Reading Archiving the pandemic: ‘Coronavirus Lost and Found’ documents how we cope with catastrophe
UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski talks about alumni leadership during the pandemic, UMBC’s Golden Commencement, and a symbol of hope in tough times. Continue Reading Up on the Roof—Spring 2020
UMBC’s international education expert foresees six major ways that the expected decline in international enrollment will change U.S. higher education and the economy. Continue Reading Six Ways a Drop in International Students Could Set Back US Higher Education
At times of momentous change, many take solace in creating — and the UMBC is no exception, adding to a long history of pandemic-inspired work. Continue Reading Curating COVID-19
Without randomized-controlled trial evidence to guide them, doctors risk wasting resources on ineffective treatments or causing harm to patients. Continue Reading What Is a Clinical Trial? A Health Policy Expert Explains
Will this unusual semester yield lasting, innovative teaching practices? These UMBC instructors are working to make that happen. Continue Reading Rewriting the Rules of Academia in the Age of COVID-19
The “fleximer” compounds Katherine Seley-Radtke developed work similarly to the antiviral Remdesivir, but come with distinct advantages. Continue Reading UMBC researchers receive a Fast Grant to study antivirals’ effectiveness against COVID-19
