Research News

UMBC Hosts Cybersecurity Discussion at National Press Club

Faculty, alumni, corporate partners on industry challenges

This story was first published  here and was written by Megan Hanks. Cybersecurity is regularly a headliner in the news, especially when personal information stored online has been compromised,...

Posted: February 4, 2018, 3:32 PM

UMBC scientist opens a “new chapter for biochemistry”

Receives $1.5 million NIH grant to study sugar metabolism

This story was first published  here and was written by Sarah Hansen. UMBC’s Songon An is on a quest to explain how enzymes direct sugar metabolism through research with implications for...

Posted: February 4, 2018, 3:20 PM

Kuali Live in 2018!

What is Kuali?

Kuali is a new software system aiming to significantly improve the process of proposal submission and several other critical extramural related activities for our faculty and department...

Posted: January 10, 2018, 10:16 AM

UMBC upgrades High Performance Computing Facility

NSF grant expands possibilities for data-intensive research

This story was first published  here and was written by Megan Hanks. The National Science Foundation recently awarded UMBC a Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award totaling more than...

Posted: November 17, 2017, 9:06 AM

Nominations Sought for Five New UMBC Faculty Awards

UMBC recognizes excellence in teaching and research through the Presidential Teaching & Research Professor Award, which are recognizing outstanding contributions of our tenured faculty members...

Posted: November 10, 2017, 3:40 PM

20th Undergraduate Research Symposium

shines light on students’ diverse contributions to science

This story was first published  here and was written by Sarah Hansen. UMBC’s Undergraduate Research Symposium for the Chemical and Biological Sciences has become a destination for young...

Posted: November 10, 2017, 9:31 AM

UMBC scientists measure plant productivity from space

applications from farming to forest conservation

This story was first published  here and was written by Sarah Hansen. Two researchers at UMBC’s Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) and colleagues have found that instrumentation...

Posted: November 10, 2017, 9:26 AM

UMBC’s Erin Lavik receives National Eye Institute funding

to create “living model of the human retina”

This story was first published  here and was written by Megan Hanks. More than 200 million people around the world have visual impairments, making retinal research crucial to the development...

Posted: November 10, 2017, 9:21 AM

UMBC faculty awarded NSF grant to shrink tumors

by applying heat to drug-carrying nanoparticles

This story was first published  here and was written by Megan Hanks. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded funding to a group of UMBC faculty in two colleges to study how applying...

Posted: October 31, 2017, 10:46 AM

GRIT-X showcases experiences of outstanding faculty, alumni

“from outer space to inner space”

This story initially appeared here and was written by Sarah Hansen. Nine distinguished faculty and alumni shared their stories at GRIT-X, a TED talk-style event during UMBC’s Homecoming. Karl...

Posted: October 20, 2017, 1:23 PM