From its outset, UMBC’s STEM BUILD—a 10-year undergraduate success initiative and research study at UMBC funded by the National Institutes of Health—has had a unique vision: To emphasize the...
June 11, 2024
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Dear UMBC Community, Please join us in congratulating Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Janet Rutledge, who has informed us of her intention to retire, effective June 30. Janet...
June 10, 2024
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China turns to private hackers as it cracks down on online activists on Tiananmen Square anniversary
Written by Christopher K. Tong, associate professor of Asian studies at UMBC Every year ahead of the June 4 commemoration of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Chinese government tightens...
June 7, 2024
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MeetMichelle Jabes Corpora’03, English and theatre. Michelle is the author of nine novels, an editor for commercial fiction, and an avid student of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She came to UMBC as a...
June 5, 2024
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Written by Farah Nibbs, assistant professor of emergency and disaster health systems at UMBC The Caribbean’s sandy beaches, clear turquoise water and vibrant coral reefs filled with an...
June 4, 2024
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Push, pull, push, pull. On goes this routine of synchronized oar movements as rowers—nestled in long, tapered boats—move through the water with precision and speed. The trim boats glide through...
June 3, 2024
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Time—We buy it and spend it, save it and waste it; it seems to race by as we watch our children grow or drag on in the last hour of a Friday work day. Shakespeare marked “time’s thievish progress”...
June 3, 2024
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Molly Mollica, an assistant professor in mechanical engineering who joined UMBC in August 2023, has been selected for an American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award, which will...
June 3, 2024
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On the first weekend of April, hundreds of chemical engineering students from across the Mid-Atlantic converged on the UMBC campus for two days of learning, networking, and friendly competition....
May 30, 2024
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The third time’s the charm. Against a calm and crisp dark night sky on Florida’s Cape Canaveral on February 8, 2024, just after 1:30 a.m., the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE)...
May 30, 2024
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