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Ivan Erill, Professor of Biological Sciences, UMBC After more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, you might picture a virus as a nasty spiked ball – a mindless killer that gets into a...
September 15, 2022
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11:49 AM
Ian Anson, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMBC As statewide primaries continue through the summer, many Americans are beginning to think about which candidates they will support in...
September 2, 2022
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2:21 PM
Did Twitter ignore basic security measures? A cybersecurity expert explains a whistleblower’s claims
By Richard Forno, Principal Lecturer,Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, UMBC Twitter’s former security chief, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, filed a whistleblower complaint with the...
September 1, 2022
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1:03 PM
The commonly-told histories of the American Civil War don’t usually include any Asian stories, although Asian Americans were certainly engaged with the war to end slavery. “Thomas Sylvanus...
August 11, 2022
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2:16 PM
Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, UMBC U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hasn’t confirmed when – or even if – she is to visit Taiwan. Yet such is the sensitivity...
July 26, 2022
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4:35 PM
A massive painting dwarfed Rob Kempton ’12, English, as he stood in a Baltimore Museum of Art gallery. In his security guard uniform, Kempton gestured to the swoop of orange oil paint on the...
July 25, 2022
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11:16 AM
Sanorita Dey, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, UMBC The success of politicians in the U.S. largely depends on the amount of funding they receive from...
July 18, 2022
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9:27 AM
For Christopher Tong, discovering clues hidden in texts documenting history’s most devastating floods isn’t just about the promise of making social, cultural, and political change. It’s also a...
July 14, 2022
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10:53 AM
UMBC’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program prepares students to collaborate across disciplines and address real-world issues. Illustrations by Kimberly Salt When Chelsea Okeh ’22, M30,...
July 11, 2022
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10:36 AM
Noorzehra Zaidi, Assistant Professor of History, UMBC In early June 2022, Saudi Arabia announced a hajj “lottery” for Western pilgrims that made it mandatory for people from Europe, the...
July 7, 2022
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8:38 AM