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FY21 UMBC Technology Catalyst Fund - Request for Proposals

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UMBC Technology Catalyst Fund FY21 Request for Proposals    Announcement Date – October 2, 2020 Background: The UMBC Office of Technology Development...

Posted: October 2, 2020, 3:31 PM

UMBC’s Daniel Lobo receives $1.9 million NIH grant

Will explore genetic control of development and regeneration

This story was written by Sarah Hansen and first appeared on news.umbc.edu Salamanders regenerate their tails. Sea stars regenerate their arms. Most species of planaria, a type of flatworm,...

Posted: September 9, 2020, 5:24 PM

UMBC's Taka Yamashita receives $1.4 million grant

Adult literacy's impact on community college STEM Education

This story was written by Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque and first appeared on news.umbc.edu UMBC’s Taka Yamashita has been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of...

Posted: September 9, 2020, 3:37 PM

UMBC’s Tulay Adali receives prestigious Humboldt Award

Research Award for advanced data analysis at Paderborn Univ.

This story was written by Megan Hanks and first appeared on news.umbc.edu UMBC’s Tulay Adali, professor of computer science and electrical engineering (CSEE) and distinguished university...

Posted: September 5, 2020, 11:45 AM

UMBC study reveals gender bias in bird song research

This story was written by Sarah Hansen and first appeared on news.umbc.edu A revolutionary group of scientists has been rethinking for two decades how we understand bird song, with women...

Posted: September 5, 2020, 11:41 AM

UMBC STEM BUILD students conduct and present viral research

in reimagined summer program

This story was written by Sarah Hansen and first appeared on news.umbc.edu The 19 members of UMBC’s STEM BUILD Cohort 5 and their instructors had been looking forward to a summer wet lab...

Posted: September 5, 2020, 11:38 AM

UMBC’s HARP named SmallSat Mission of the Year

Small satellite, big ambitions

This story was written by Sarah Hansen and first appeared on news.umbc.edu UMBC’s Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) Satellite, which began in Vanderlei Martins’s imagination more...

Posted: August 13, 2020, 2:18 PM

Margo Young promoted to ESRA Director

It is my distinct pleasure to announce the promotion of Ms. Margo Young as Director of the Earth & Space Research Administration (ESRA). Margo has been serving as the ESRA Associate Director...

Posted: August 4, 2020, 4:37 PM