Fabio Anza, an assistant professor in UMBC’s Department of Physics, Quantum Science Institute and Cybersecurity Institute, has won an Amazon Research Award to develop Physics Co-Pilot—a scientific...
January 29, 2026
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Dear Campus Community, I am writing to update you regarding four recent changes to federal immigration and visa policies. Each of these changes is summarized in bold, with details underneath,...
January 22, 2026
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More than 20 years ago, Padmanabhan “Padhu” Seshaiyer, Ph.D. ’98, applied mathematics, observed researchers stretching aneurysm tissue samples in a neighboring lab, generating a dataset to...
January 22, 2026
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Christia Spears Brown, Ph.D., has been named dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) effective July 1, 2026. Brown joins...
January 20, 2026
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UMBC has been designated as one of only three institutions in Maryland dually recognized with Carnegie R1 status—among the top 5 percent of research universities in the nation—and the Carnegie...
January 12, 2026
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Dear UMBC Campus Community, Happy New Year! I am delighted to share good news about Dr. Yvette Mozie-Ross ’88, vice provost for enrollment management and planning. When I began at UMBC...
January 8, 2026
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Corris Davis’98, M.P.P. ’19, Ph.D. ’25, didn’t originally envision such a long career at UMBC or the number of students she would directly impact. As a Meyerhoff Program Scholar, Corris...
December 22, 2025
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“As you step into the next stage of your journey—into this complex, technology-driven, and rapidly changing world—I want to challenge you to be an advocate for the irreplaceable value of human...
December 22, 2025
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Brazilian and UMBC students in front of a cultural center in Recife that they toured. (Photo courtesy of Seaman) Last summer, Kaila Hoskins, a junior computer science major, Celine Anong, a...
December 19, 2025
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Important FDA-approved drugs to treat HIV and cancer can save lives, but they come with their own risks. Some drugs used clinically are known to cause neurological side effects in up to half of...
December 19, 2025
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