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The shower was full of mantis shrimp. Bubblers burbled and the cranky crustaceans skulked in their tanks, looking for things to punch with their famously fast strikes. Complicated electronics for...
November 15, 2023
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3:22 PM
Written by Adi Foord, assistant professor of physics, UMBC Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
November 13, 2023
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12:22 PM
Before you let your imagination run wild, we’re going to go ahead and temper whatever expectations you may have upon hearing the phrase “biology band.” Nobody is banging on a centrifuge in lieu of...
November 9, 2023
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5:01 PM
Meet Aysia Miller, a senior on the America East championship women’s volleyball team at UMBC. Originally from Mililani, Hawaii, Aysia is majoring in biology and minoring in bioinformatics. As a...
November 7, 2023
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4:37 PM
Written by Ivan Erill, professor of biological sciences, UMBC Have you ever wondered whether the virus that gave you a nasty cold can catch one itself? It may comfort you to know that, yes,...
November 6, 2023
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4:05 PM
On the stage of the 35th annual Alumni Awards, awardees and their nominators repeated a shared theme: the freedom and flexibility to grow at UMBC—not alone—but in community. Presented by the...
November 1, 2023
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12:56 PM
Retriever Essentials, represented by student volunteers Nhi Nguyen ’25, biochemistry and bioinformatics, and Ben Bhattarai ’23, biology and psychology, is a second place finalist in the 2023...
October 6, 2023
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12:16 PM
At UMBC, we celebrate the accomplishments of our alumni community year round, but our annual Athletics Hall of Fame induction and Alumni Awards ceremony and reception give us a chance to cheer...
September 27, 2023
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11:56 AM
Inioluwa Oluseyi has wanted to be a neurosurgeon as long as she can remember. She didn’t anticipate how much fly husbandry would play a role in her reaching her goal. In a fall 2022 genetics class...
September 22, 2023
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4:09 PM
Mold on your bread or bathroom tiles can be a nuisance. Mold in a scientific lab can be a marvel. Up close, the growth of mold becomes living artwork—white, feathery shoots morphing into...
September 22, 2023
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3:38 PM