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UMBC’s Rebekah Hounsell is helping unlock the mystery of dark energy with NASA’s Roman Telescope
Rebekah Hounsell is co-PI and project manager of the Roman Supernova Cosmology Project Infrastructure Team (PIT), tasked with determining the best way for the telescope to collect data about cosmic phenomena called type Ia supernovae.
UMBC’s Aaron Smith lab reveals how a harmful bacterium senses iron – and why it matters for fighting infection
A two-protein system inside the bacterium operates like a sensitive switch. The pair detects iron outside and inside the cell and then rewrites large parts of the microbe’s metabolism. The results suggest this system could become a target for more effective treatments for infections.
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From UMBC News and Magazine
From Nepal to NASA: A journey of resilience and discovery
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Sweat equity—UMBC’s arts, humanities, and social science interns use campus connections and resources to find ideal summer placements
Posted: August 21, 2025, 11:00 AM
More people are turning to the internet to diagnose themselves—Can this Ph.D. student’s work help moderate medical content on the web?
Posted: August 12, 2025, 3:29 PM
A web of mentorship: Weaving support and arachnid research at UMBC
Posted: August 12, 2025, 12:53 PM
Jane Austen as an abolitionist? Margie Burns unpacks the loaded history of the phrase “pride and prejudice”
Posted: August 7, 2025, 12:57 PM
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