We recently sat down with Dr. Ian Stockwell, Chief Data Scientist for The Hilltop Institute at UMBC, to ask him a few career-related questions centered around the field of Health Information Technology. He offered us an up-close and personal glimpse at this dynamic field.

In partnership with five universities, UMBC joins forces to launch the International Cybersecurity Center of Excellence to help secure critical systems against cyber attacks. In today’s Industry Roundup, we take a look at how one firm had to pay $70,000 to deal with a 2nd ransom attack. We also take a look at climate change, making better decisions, the new face of space exploration, and staying alert in a world full of distractions.

The Community Leadership program at UMBC is designed to prepare aspiring and practicing leaders with the skills and experience needed to enact transformative social change. This kind of leadership stems from building a strong foundation in knowledge, experience, and great habits. In today’s Industry Roundup, we take a look at why leaders succeed when they focus on habits over goals. We also look at how to engage in office politics, powerful must-read books for leadership, and how some climate leaders are doing their part to ensure the health of our planet.

UMBC Program Directors, Sunil Dasgupta and Annica Wayman, were recently selected by Leadership Montgomery to join the Connecting Our Region’s Execs (CORE) program. Great leadership begins with a calm, assertive approach to life, and there’s no doubt they understand this. To achieve this requires that a leader have great control over their stress levels. In today’s Industry Roundup, we take a look at ways optimists deal with stress. We also take a look at new potential evidence for life on Mars, the effect of digital technology on jobs and the possibility of humans developing telekinetic powers in the next step of human evolution.

Frank Salah came into the MPS Cybersecurity program with a goal of leveraging connections and acquiring the skills necessary to advance in his career. He shared his success story with meeting that goal.

UMBC’s Translational Life Sciences Technology program prepares students to enter an emerging field that has far-reaching, life-saving possibilities. The life sciences field is where such breakthroughs happen. In today’s Industry Roundup, we take a look at a recent NIH supported test of a new drug that may help slow the onset of Type 1 Diabetes in those at high risk for the disease. We also look at a mental health approach to social media, global warming and melting glaciers, and the expansion of creativity.

UMBC has had the honor of having brilliant scientists makes amazing discoveries. Take for instance UMBC’s Sarah Stellwagen, who was the first in world to sequence genes for spider glue. In today’s Industry Roundup, we take a look at another amazing scientific discovery using gravitational waves to determine the history of our universe. We also look at how innovations begin in the creative mind, the dark secret of AI, and an interesting article on shyness.

UMBC launched its Translational Life Science Technology program at USG, in partnership with Montgomery College. TLST will be one of the first programs offered in USG’s new Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Education Facility when the building opens this fall. It is also UMBC’s first undergraduate STEM program to be offered at USG. In today’s Industry Roundup, we take a closer look at the life sciences sector in Maryland. We also take a look at a new sugar alternative for diabetics, the power of a garden on the mind, and ways corporations are working to help the environment.