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UMBC secures $1M+ Congressional Funding to Launch Lab Addressing Flood Risks

 

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UMBC Center for Precision Aquaculture launches to boost sustainable U.S. fish farming

Led by Yonathan Zohar, the new center brings together faculty and student’s from UMBC’s marine biotechnology, chemistry and biochemistry, and computer science and electrical engineering departments.

Dr. Nicole King, Professor of American Studies, wins prestigious award for the Baltimore Traces Project

Dr. King recently won the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes’ (CHCI) Award for Leadership in the Public Humanities, for the Baltimore Traces project. Her project is also featured by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Institutions as an example of Public Impact Research.

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Strange Dance Partners

UMBC researchers are discovering building blocks of hand motions, aiming to improve physical therapy for humans and find better ways to program robots. They’re turning to a novel source material...

Posted: December 5, 2025, 4:55 PM

Simple wood makes advanced sensors

Picture the most advanced technology and certain qualities probably spring to mind: maybe metallic and sleek, with glowing lights and big digital screens.  The researchers at the Center for...

Posted: November 5, 2025, 1:32 PM