The College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences hosted the 17th annual Summer Undergraduate Research Fest (SURF) on Wednesday, August 6. Over 200 students gave oral and poster presentations,...
August 15, 2014
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Virginia Gewin writes in Nature, about diversity in science and the problems facing minorities in science. Gewin writes that, Neil deGrasse Tyson has suggested that the low numbers of minorities...
August 3, 2014
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Yonathan Zohar, professor of marine biotechnology, was recently featured on NPR’s Morning Edition for his success in keeping, as Dan Charles of NPR says, “the tiger of the ocean,” bluefin tuna...
July 30, 2014
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A new book written by Tom Cronin and colleagues — the publisher’s note says: “Visual ecology is the study of how animals use visual systems to meet their ecological needs, how these systems have...
July 18, 2014
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“When you look at a mantis shrimp, you see a vivid lobster-like crustacean whose forearms can strike with the force of a .22-caliber bullet. But when a mantis shrimp looks at you, we have no idea...
July 18, 2014
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The Chronicle has just featured math major and Meyerhoff Scholar Jesse Smith in their Say Something audio series. Smith talks about his experience with the Meyerhoff program and how peer...
July 18, 2014
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Zhibo Zhang, an Assistant Professor in the Physics Department, and his collaborators received a three-year grant of $710K from NASA’s Sciences of Terra and Aqua program to study the Marine...
May 28, 2014
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Professor Vikram Vakharia, Professor of Marine Biotechnology at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) in Baltimore, received a $100,000 grant from the Maryland Innovation...
May 28, 2014
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Today, UMBC and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced the Meyerhoff Adaptation Project, a five-year partnership between the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Penn State, UNC...
May 20, 2014
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On April 28, UMBC celebrated the opening of the Science Learning Collaboratory in a festive event featuring remarks by Senator Barbara Mikulski, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) President...
May 2, 2014
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