The Fall 2023 issue is out!
Highlights: Plenty of fall outings ideas Immigration reminders - please read carefully so you stay compliant!
September 11, 2023
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Although objects like bridges, buildings, and airplane wings may seem quite rigid, by design they are capable of a surprising deal of bending. This elasticity allows them to deform safely and...
September 6, 2023
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Written by Nicholas Tampio, Fordham University; Asim Ali, Auburn University; Patricia A. Young, professor of education UMBC, and Shital Thekdi, University of Richmond One of the most intense...
September 6, 2023
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The feel of a pen as it clicks open and closed, pointed for note taking (or probably more likely the feel of an electronic stylus). The sound of pages rustling in a notebook during the first class...
August 31, 2023
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Viruses must hijack their hosts’ cellular machinery to make more viruses, so preventing this hijacking could lead to a host of new treatments for viral diseases. However, much is unknown about how...
August 30, 2023
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Every living thing on Earth, from bacteria to humans, uses the same set of 20 amino acids to build all of its proteins, called our “amino acid alphabet.” But why that particular set of 20? If...
August 25, 2023
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At Summer Undergraduate Research Fest (SURF) on August 9, 132 students presented posters and six gave short oral presentations, called “lightning talks,” about research projects covering topics...
August 24, 2023
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In 2018, faculty at UMBC and four of its top-sending community colleges embarked on a project with an ambitious mission: improve students’ quantitative skills in biological contexts, and eliminate...
August 17, 2023
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Submit your event for International Education Week today!
Event submissions for IEW 2023 are now live! The Center for Global Engagement and the International Education Week committee invite the campus community to host events during IEW!...
August 17, 2023
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There are some people who you meet, and it’s obvious: They’re natural leaders—seemingly born to the role. Derek Anderson ’03, interdisciplinary studies, is one of those people. He went right...
August 15, 2023
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