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Zhibo Zhang named director of the Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute (GPHI)

Curtis Menyuk, CSEE Professor, has been elected a Fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.

The distinction recognizes both his technical contributions to the field and his long-standing service to the optics community.

UMBC discovery opens door to broad-spectrum antivirals against dozens of dangerous viruses

New research from the Koirala Lab, provides a a deeper understanding of how enteroviruses—including pathogens that cause polio, encephalitis, myocarditis, and the common cold—initiate replication by hijacking host-cell machinery.

Tyler Josephson, Chemical Engineering Professor, was selected by the Simons Foundation as a Pivot Fellow.

Celebrating 500 days in orbit and counting! UMBC’s HARP2 satellite has been capturing important data about our planet’s atmosphere, surface, and oceans that has resulted in important discoveries.

Erin Hogan, Associate Professor of Spanish, publishes new book that explores death of the male heads of household through a feminist, socio-economic inequality lens.

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Nancy Kusmaul, social work, receives “Outstanding Individual in Academia” award from the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy

Nancy Kusmaul, associate professor of social work, a scholar and advocate for the rights of older adults and professional caregivers, received the “Outstanding Individual in Academia” award from...

Posted: April 26, 2024, 2:16 PM

Watch: A recap of URCAD 2024

UMBC’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) returned earlier this month for its 28th year, bringing together more than 400 student presenters and the broader university...

Posted: April 25, 2024, 8:42 AM

The Mellon Foundation awards UMBC’s Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies department $100,000 as part of its ‘Affirming Multivocal Humanities’ initiative

UMBC’s Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (GWST) department has received a $100,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to implement its Advancing Gender and Sexuality Studies in Community...

Posted: April 23, 2024, 10:49 AM

First CNMS GradFest fosters interdepartmental interaction among grads, postdocs

On April 12, more than 150 students, staff, and faculty attended the first College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS) GradFest in the University Center Ballroom. The event was the result...

Posted: April 23, 2024, 10:09 AM

First data from UMBC’s HARP2 instrument on NASA PACE mission goes public

Data from NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite, which will provide insight into ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate, are now available. The Plankton, Aerosol,...

Posted: April 11, 2024, 3:05 PM

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