Research News

Weird Wasps Hatch Fruitful Research Career

There are miniature, sci-fi movie monsters buzzing around the bucolic fields of Maryland’s wineries and orchards, but you have to know where to look. Grab a magnifying glass, kneel down near...

Posted: October 27, 2005, 12:00 PM

Q & A with Devin Hagerty, Expert on South Asia

In the past decade, UMBC Associate Professor of Political Science Devin T. Hagerty’s region of expertise, South Asia, has gone from being an understudied corner of the globe to one of the most...

Posted: October 21, 2005, 12:00 PM

UMBC Research Park and Incubator News

bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park Athena Environmental Sciences, Inc. Announces Line of Environmentally Friendly Products AthenaES has announced the launch of a new line of...

Posted: October 20, 2005, 12:00 PM

New Tenants for bwtech@UMBC

bwtech@UMBC, UMBC's on-campus research and technology park, has announced that two new corporate tenants will relocate to the park's second building, 5523 Research Park Drive. The new tenants...

Posted: September 14, 2005, 12:00 PM

Ph.D. Students Analyze Baltimore's Inner Suburbs

"In scholarly literature, there is a lot of interest about inner suburbs, those older suburban communities near the central city. We found that these areas suffer from increasing poverty and...

Posted: September 14, 2005, 12:00 PM

The Other O's: Kevin Omland on Maryland's State Bird

Spring usually brings Kevin Omland attention since he studies Maryland's State bird, the Baltimore Oriole, which migrate back to our region near the start of the season for the baseball playing...

Posted: September 14, 2005, 12:00 PM

UMBC's Imaging Research Center: Beyond Visionary

By Patrick Coyle, UMBC Since its inception in 1987, artists and researchers across disciplines have collaborated in the creative environment of UMBC's Imaging Research Center (IRC), a...

Posted: September 13, 2005, 12:00 PM

Writing a History of "No Place"

Assistant Professor of History Kate Brown recently received two significant awards for A Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland (Harvard University Press, 2004). The...

Posted: September 13, 2005, 12:00 PM

Three Satellites Needed to Discover One Shy Star

UMBC Astrophysicist Leads International Team of Scientists, Satellites Contact: Chip Rose UMBC News 410-455-5793 crose@umbc.edu View/download High Resolution Images & Animation Online...

Posted: July 13, 2005, 12:00 PM