Research News

UMBC-UMB Partnership Awards a Catalyst for Collaboration

UMBC and UMB celebrate research partnerships with symposium and innovation grants. [story re-posted from www.umbc.edu] Celebrating the rapid growth of our collaborative research programs,...

Posted: February 17, 2015, 1:48 PM

UMBC-UMB Partnership Symposium celebrates collaboration

New grants awarded and previous recipients report progress

Inaugural UMBC-UMB Research and Innovation Partnership Symposium celebrates cross-campus collaboration By Sarah Hansen Right: UMB President Jay Perman (left), UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski...

Posted: February 12, 2015, 9:33 PM

The Science of Attraction

Biologist Tamra Mendelson explains how sexual selection plays a major role in the evolution of vibrant features, from stripes to tail feathers. Male cardinals are red. Male peacocks have...

Posted: February 11, 2015, 10:08 PM

UMBC visits Japan to kick off cybersecurity partnership

Steiner and Moreira represent UMBC at Kyushu University

By Sarah Hansen UMBC Vice President for Research Karl V. Steiner and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Antonio Moreira traveled to Fukuoka, Japan for the opening of Japan’s first academic...

Posted: February 9, 2015, 3:26 PM

Prof. Kate Brown Awarded Alfred J. Beveridge Prize by AHA

by Sierra Francis For the year of 2014, UMBC Professor of History Kate Brown was awarded the Alfred J. Beveridge prize by the American Historical Association for her new book, Plutopia. This...

Posted: January 7, 2015, 4:16 PM

UMBC Magazine interviews Dr. Karl Steiner, VP for Research

UMBC’s growing status as a hub for cybersecurity was highlighted in October by the university’s central role in an award by the U.S. Department of Commerce – National Institute of Standards and...

Posted: December 15, 2014, 11:55 AM

Maurice Berger Awarded Grant from Creative Capital

Maurice Berger, research professor and chief curator of the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, has been awarded a $30,000 Arts Writers Grant from Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation....

Posted: December 5, 2014, 4:03 PM

UMBC Hosts Inaugural Research Forum

"The Nexus of Social Sciences and Human Health"

On Friday, November 21, UMBC hosted its inaugural Research Forum, the first event in a new, semi-annual series to bring together researchers and scientists from across UMBC and partner...

Posted: December 3, 2014, 3:23 PM