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Student entrepreneur Samuel Bendek imagines a clean energy future powered by tree sap batteries

Samuel Bendek’s company, Elastic Energy, was selected to receive the inaugural Pava LePere Innovation Award. The $50,000 award is from the State of Maryland for the further development of a mechanical battery made from natural rubber.

Earl Brooks explores how Black musicians shape political and social discourse in his debut book

On Rhetoric and Black Music argues that the rhetorical power of music—specifically music created by Black artists—is what bridges cultural figures such as rapper Kendrick Lamar and abolitionist Harriet Tubman, and many others, together.


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

Quantum Photonics expertise earns UMBC a spot in the Department of Energy’s Frontiers in Energy Research Center

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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