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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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UMBC team makes breakthrough discovery in HIV research, opening path to new, better therapies

New research on the structure of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has revealed a promising novel drug target for treating HIV infection, which affects more than 1 million Americans and 40...

Posted: April 23, 2020, 6:03 PM

UMBC’s Rickesh Patel determines how mantis shrimp find their way home

Mantis shrimps have earned fame for their powerful punching limbs, incredibly unusual eyes, and vivid exoskeletons. And, it turns out, they’re also really good at finding their way home. Through a...

Posted: April 9, 2020, 3:17 PM

UMBC psychology faculty work to prevent intimate partner violence and support survivors

UMBC’s psychology faculty closely collaborate with communities on research to prevent intimate partner and gender-based violence and to support survivors. Their work to transform systems is...

Posted: March 30, 2020, 6:16 PM

UMBC historian Anne Rubin examines food scarcity in the Confederate South through NEH fellowship

“Historians know that the Confederacy ran out of food by the end of the Civil War, and it shouldn’t have because it was an agricultural society,” says Anne Rubin, professor of history at UMBC. “I...

Posted: March 10, 2020, 9:20 PM

International team led by UMBC identifies new bird species in the South Pacific

In the 1930s, famed biologist Ernst Mayr became the first to study Pacific Robins. Based on his observations of the robins and other birds on Australia and its outlying islands, he developed...

Posted: March 6, 2020, 6:36 PM

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