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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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The US invented shopping malls, but China is writing their next chapter

Written by John Rennie Short, professor emeritus of public policy, UMBC On a recent research trip to China, I wandered through the Oasis Mall in suburban Shanghai. Like many Chinese shopping...

Posted: January 5, 2024, 10:48 AM

Building next-gen AI chips at UMBC: A Q&A with NSF CAREER award winner Chenchen Liu

Many recent artificial intelligence (AI) breakthroughs—such as smartphone tools that recognize your friends’ faces or understand your spoken commands—are based on a computing approach that was...

Posted: December 21, 2023, 12:15 PM

UMBC researchers clarify role of SMYD3 enzyme in prostate cancer progression

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men other than skin cancer, with more than 288,000 new cases diagnosed every year, according to the American Cancer Society. The disease’s fatality...

Posted: December 21, 2023, 10:20 AM

As summer wildfire smoke choked Baltimore, UMBC air pollution researchers leapt into action

Starting this May, a series of wildfires in Eastern Canada sent enormous smoke clouds wafting into the U.S., triggering air quality warnings in cities from the Midwest to the Northeast. For days,...

Posted: December 7, 2023, 8:43 AM

Sebastian Deffner attends selective quantum science conference in Vatican City

Sebastian Deffner, associate professor of physics, attended “Quantum Science and Technology: Recent Advances and New Perspectives,” a workshop hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in...

Posted: December 6, 2023, 9:47 AM

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