A Look Ahead “is all about highlighting the pioneering research that our faculty, students, and staff here at UMBC do,” said Dean Bill LaCourse. “The aim of the College is to provide the tools and resources for the faculty and students to succeed and achieve great heights. We hope this event will be one of those tools.” Continue Reading A Look Ahead highlights UMBC-affiliated scientists making waves in cell biology
“The stream network is really the circulatory system of the Bay watershed,” Matt Baker says, “and getting a better picture of that is critical for understanding…what features are important for keeping the water clean.” Continue Reading UMBC ecologist Matt Baker partners with Chesapeake Conservancy to improve stream mapping
“Your collaborative work empowers people like me to help improve the human condition. You need to know that your work is critically important,” shared UMB President Jay Perman. Continue Reading Third annual UMBC-UMB Partnership Symposium reveals impact of collaborative research
The internal funding opportunities support faculty who wish to pursue new areas of research, and compete for external funding and support. Continue Reading START and SFF awards support UMBC faculty pursuing research in new directions
“As we continue to prospect for new enzymes,” Jeffrey Gardner writes, “I expect that we will find solutions to many technical challenges by studying the fascinating ways microbes go about obtaining their next meal.” Continue Reading UMBC biologist Jeffrey Gardner explains how “bio-prospecting” may solve biotech challenges
“Mechanical engineers and historians are here in the same room talking to one another,” said Dean Scott Casper during his featured talk focused on communication skills. “That is what is really exciting about today.” Continue Reading Reimagined Graduate Research Conference focuses on clear communication across all fields
The new method is “a really good way to identify important variants that you wouldn’t normally find in traditional methods,” says Thomas Peterson Ph.D. ’16, who conducted this work as a student in the lab of UMBC biologist Maricel Kann. Continue Reading UMBC research team develops statistical analysis to enable targeted cancer drug development
“We’ve seen bird populations plummeting in Australia,” says Colin Studds, “but the thing affecting their populations is actually happening thousands of miles away in China.” Studds’ new study explains that mudflats in the Yellow Sea are critical stopover sites during migration—but they’re disappearing. Continue Reading New UMBC study highlights importance of multinational conservation efforts for migratory shorebirds
A recent gift by Stanley B. Burns, M.D. substantially increases the holdings of daguerreotypes at UMBC. Dr. Burns, historian, collector, and physician, donated 252 daguerreotypes from his large photography collection, continuing his long relationship with UMBC. Continue Reading Stanley B. Burns donates daguerreotype collection to UMBC
In theory, special techniques appear to result in error-free, incredibly fast computing. But in practice, Sebastian Deffner explains, “If you want to go infinitely fast, you have to pay an infinite price.” Continue Reading UMBC’s Deffner finds “quantum speed limit” may put brakes on “quantum supremacy” in computing
A black hole is traveling at 4.8 million miles per hour away from the center of its galaxy. Scientists believe it’s been kicked out by powerful gravitational waves. For the first time, Eileen Meyer says, “all the little pieces of evidence line up in favor of this scenario very specifically.” Continue Reading ‘You’re outta here!’: UMBC physicists explain black hole ejected from center of galaxy
Mohsenin’s low-cost, battery-powered technologies may help doctors detect seizures and cancer more quickly and accurately by improving the analysis of highly complex brain signal and image data. Continue Reading Tinoosh Mohsenin receives nearly $500,000 NSF CAREER Award for deep learning technologies
