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New Engineering Faculty Bolster UMBC’s
Commitment to Earth-Friendly Research

“As scholars, we like to think, to solve interesting problems. As citizens of the world, we must also look at our values and make wise choices.”

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UMBC joins BRAIN Center to Advance Innovations in Neuro-Technologies

The BRAIN Center brings together experts from a wide range of topics. The goal is for it to become a neurotechnology hub by creating a pipeline from discoveries to solutions, while helping students, scientists, and engineers solve one of the greatest unmet medical and healthcare needs of our time.

Sandra Barrueco Integrates Training with Research and Community Engagement with Nearly 1M Grant.

Sandra Barrueco, professor of psychology, and colleagues receive a two-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish Advance/Avance Maryland and train students in culturally competent behavioral health services for underserved Maryland youth.


Jonas Miller, Ph.D. candidate has received the 2024 USM Board of Regents Student Excellence Scholarship for Academics, Scholarship, and Research

UMBC’s exploratory artist in residence Levester Williams examines history of Cockeysville marble in film project

Susan McDonough, history, receives prestigious membership to the Institute for Advanced Studies to continue research on sex workers in medieval Mediterranean

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UMBC 2024 Inquiring Minds coverIn UMBC’s 2024 research and creative achievement annual report, Inquiring Minds, we’re presenting a cross section of some of the key areas of achievement across our community.

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Robert Provine, Psychology, on BBC News Website

A new Duke University study finds that contagious yawning is linked more closely to a person’s age than their ability to empathize, and it shows a stronger link to age than tiredness or energy...

Posted: March 21, 2014, 4:06 PM

UMBC Psychology Research Cited in TES Magazine

A study conducted by researchers at UMBC and the University of Maryland, College Park was featured in a recent Times Educational Supplement article in TES Magazine. The article, titled “To help...

Posted: March 12, 2014, 6:35 PM

Dave Marcotte, Public Policy, on The Kojo Nnamdi Show

Monday’s winter storm forced school systems across the region to cancel school for yet another day, adding to what were already high snow day totals for many. With classroom instruction disrupted...

Posted: March 4, 2014, 6:16 PM

Carlo DiClemente, Psychology, on New Books Network

New Books Network recently interviewed Carlo DiClemente, presidential research professor and professor of psychology, about his co-authored book Substance Abuse Treatment and the Stages of Change:...

Posted: February 20, 2014, 8:18 PM