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

 

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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.

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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.

 

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Need a summer read? UMBC’s got you covered

It’s summer, the ideal season to catch up on “to-be-read” lists and a time to discover new reads. Ever wanted to dig into a feminist critique of the classic horror film Carrie? Or how about a...

Posted: August 2, 2023, 12:51 PM

Creating Queer Arab Joy

Seven years ago, Mejdulene Bernard Shomali began a search for her queer Arab women “banat” ancestors. Shomali, a queer Palestinian poet, was looking for mirrors and searching for hope in other...

Posted: July 31, 2023, 1:54 PM