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Photo Caption: Devin Hagerty on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Tarawa. He’s more accustomed to students in flip-flops instead of combat boots, but Associate Professor of Political Science Devin...

Photo Caption: Ecologist Erle Ellis has helped design a new way of mapping the Earth to include human impact. Editor’s Note: Since its publication, Ellis and Ramankutty’s research has received...

UMBC’s department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) will host environmental professionals from around the region on Nov. 7 at a conference on bio-solids, byproducts of water treatment...

Photo Caption: According to UMBC computer scientists Milt Halem (left) and Yelena Yesha (right), the Multicore Computing Center will give UMBC researchers access to some of the world's most...

Michael Summers, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and professor of chemistry and biochemistry, was part of a recent panel discussion sponsored by Science magazine on improving science,...

Columbia Natives Patricia Ordóñez, Jason Reid to Pursue Ph.D.s at UMBC, MIT Note to Readers: Click on photos below to view high-resolution version. Patricia Ordóñez, a UMBC...

New Area the Size of Maryland Starts to Melt Each Year; Long-term Satellite Data Showed First-Ever High Altitude Melting in 2002 Some sobering findings on the extent of Greenland's...

Anne Spence, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, received the Outstanding Volunteer of the Year award at the 2007 FIRST Chesapeake Regional, held March 15-17, 2007 at the United States...

‘Beauty Myth’ Author to Discuss “The Changemakers: Ethical Leadership & Real Power” at UMBC Humanities Forum on March 14 Best –selling author Naomi Wolf will give a lecture on ethics and...

Andrew Sears, chair and professor of UMBC's Information Systems department, was recently an in-studio guest for Maryland Public Television's "Business Connection." Sears discussed how the...