Research News

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

UMBC Research Forum tackles high-performance computing

By Sarah Hansen Thumbnail: Forum attendees mingle during a poster session. UMBC hosted its semi-annual Research Forum on May 1, 2015.  This semester’s forum focused on the role high-performance...

Posted: May 15, 2015, 5:59 PM

Research reveals gender bias in online images of professions

Women underrepresented and portrayed as less-professional

CBC Radio interviewed Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Cynthia Matuszek about her research.  She and colleagues explored how online image searches for various...

Posted: May 5, 2015, 8:08 AM