Leading Brain Researchers Converge at UMBC

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.

Erle Ellis and international researchers propose an index to measure nations’ relationship with nature.

The National Relationship Index will be the first standardized global metric that measures the quality of a nation’s relationships with nature, including plants and animals, land, rivers, oceans, mountains, forests, deserts, and grasslands.

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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