In mid-March, UMBC faculty members converted from in-person classes to remote instruction in a matter of days. With virtually zero lead time and, for many, little experience with online teaching,...
July 9, 2020
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6:00 PM
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As the nation confronts generations-worth of structural racism, UMBC’s community is digging deep to learn, reflect, and take action for long-term change. * * * * * When Jasmine Lee...
July 8, 2020
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UMBC’s Fei Han has received a COVID-19 Accelerated Translational Incubator Pilot (ATIP) award for research to help predict and reduce patients’ risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19. He will...
July 8, 2020
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Nihira Mugamba ‘21, political science and Africana studies, has been named a 2020 Newman Civic Fellow—the sixth UMBC student to earn this public service award. The fellowship honors her work...
July 8, 2020
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By John Rennie Short, professor, Public Policy, UMBC Cities around the world are emerging from pandemic shutdowns and gradually allowing activities to resume. National leaders are keen to...
July 8, 2020
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By David L. Di Maria, Associate Vice Provost for International Education, UMBC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, made a decision on July 6 regarding international students in...
July 8, 2020
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Pets, playlists, and pausing for reflection—these are a few elements that go into intentionally creating online communities and classrooms. Fist-pumping, finger snaps, and words of...
July 6, 2020
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More and more U.S. states, from Texas to Maine, are increasing their capacity to produce fish for human consumption in land-based facilities. These operations are less susceptible to disease and...
July 3, 2020
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2:33 AM
Before she graduated from UMBC, Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman’19, M26, mathematics, founded the Sadie Collective. Opoku-Agyeman describes it on her website as, “the first and only organization to date...
July 2, 2020
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Eric Ford, director of The Choice Program at UMBC, has been appointed to serve as chair of Maryland’s State Advisory Group (SAG), a part of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and...
July 2, 2020
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