Research News

High performance computing REU Site program sets new records

Students from across US work w/ high profile clients at UMBC

UMBC's unique undergraduate research summer program in high performance computing just hit a new record: enrolling 33 students from across the nation with funding over $350,000. Supported by the...

Posted: June 28, 2015, 6:22 PM

The Sum of the Parts

By Andrew Myers From the Apple Watch to Fitbit, the rage in technology these days is all about wearable, touchable devices. Tech gurus and cutting-edge engineers talk of a day when all the many...

Posted: June 24, 2015, 1:54 PM

Turning the Tides

Even as a teenager, Lorraine Remer was fascinated by weather, tides and currents. At UMBC, she has made a career forging those key elements of climate into compelling research and a new business....

Posted: June 24, 2015, 1:52 PM

A Continuum of Care

UMBC Center for Aging Studies researchers receive $1.4 million grant for work to enhance the well-being of older adults. There are nearly 5,000 adult day care centers in the United States, but...

Posted: June 24, 2015, 1:50 PM

UMBC team's egg development insight in Nature Communications

Research demonstrates impact of collaboration across fields.

An interdisciplinary UMBC research team has combined developmental biology and mathematics research methods to reveal dramatic new insights on egg development in the latest issue of Nature...

Posted: June 18, 2015, 8:26 AM

Physicists Meyer & Georganopoulos publish article in Nature

Hubble data used to test theory of black hole plasma jets

Assistant Professor Eileen Meyer and Associate Professor Markos Georganopoulos, physics, have published a new article in the prestigious journal Nature, describing innovative analysis of Hubble...

Posted: May 29, 2015, 11:54 AM

Baker Artist Award Winner Eric Dyer on Maryland Public TV

Maryland Public Television profiled Associate Professor of Visual Arts Eric Dyer in an exclusive announcement of the three 2015 Baker Artist Award winners. The Mary Sawyers Baker Award confers a...

Posted: May 28, 2015, 2:47 PM