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UMBC receives 1.5M to organize a new UMBC Quantum Science Institute (QSI).

According to Dr. Todd Pittman, QSI Director and Professor of Physics, “We have some heavy hitters here who are founders in the field, and the QSI is building on that foundation with a new generation of outstanding quantum-focused faculty.

Mark Benesch catalyzes UMBC’s partnership with drug maker AstraZeneca

UMBC Alum, Mark Benesch, has worked with UMBC to launch new collaborations with AstraZeneca such as on-campus information sessions and recruiting events. As a result, students applying to AstraZeneca internships has increased by 31% this past year.

Ian Stockwell recently launched a project to address healthcare interventions such as healthy foods and safe housing

Webb Telescope pictures provide astronomers, like Adi Foord, a tool for observing some of the earliest galaxies and black holes in the universe (pc:NASA)

Diane Alonso, Psychology, has been named senior fellow for generative AI pedagogy at the USM William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation

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Popular AIs head-to-head: OpenAI beats DeepSeek on sentence-level reasoning

Written by Manas Gaur, assistant professor in computer science and electrical engineering, UMBC ChatGPT and other AI chatbots based on large language models are known to occasionally make...

Posted: April 25, 2025, 2:56 PM

Kelley Bell, M.F.A ’06, brings a sense of play to the BMA with “Fantastic Village”

When associate professor of visual arts Kelley Bell thinks back to her childhood growing up in the Capitol Hill area of Washington, D.C., she recalls fond memories of playing in her neighborhood...

Posted: April 25, 2025, 2:21 PM

Gathering a humanities research tool kit to understand a fascinating world

Sean Silverman began his UMBC journey as a computer science major. After taking several programming classes in high school, he was ready to pursue a career in data science while also enrolling in...

Posted: April 15, 2025, 4:34 PM

From pulpits to protest, the surprising history of the phrase ‘pride and prejudice’

Written by Margie Burns, assistant teaching professor of English, UMBC Most readers hear “pride and prejudice” and immediately think of Jane Austen’s most famous novel, that salty-sweet...

Posted: April 14, 2025, 10:56 AM

Students partner with Baltimore community members to measure ‘forever chemicals’ in local waters

On a sunny and unseasonably warm Halloween this past fall, a group of costumed UMBC students strolled the banks of the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. The costumes were in good fun, but the spirit...

Posted: April 2, 2025, 9:53 AM

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