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International Education Week - November 14-18, 2022
Let’s bring the world to UMBC!
Join us from November 14th - 18th for a week of exciting presentations, contests, lectures and fun activities all week long to support international education efforts at UMBC!  Visit the...
November 4, 2022 · 2:02 PM
UMBC partners in NASA-funded TIGERISS mission to determine source of heavy elements on Earth
Nuclear fusion reactions inside certain stars can produce many of the most common elements on Earth, like carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen. But heavier elements that are also found on Earth are harder...
November 3, 2022 · 12:46 PM
Vision beyond sight: UMBC’s Phyllis Robinson to advance study of critical eye protein with $2.5M NIH grant
Most people rely heavily on image-forming vision to navigate the world, but our eyes do much more than help us “see” in the traditional sense. In addition to rod and cone cells that help us...
October 28, 2022 · 4:49 PM
Meet a Retriever — Jok Thon, UMBC’s First Peaceworker Global Fellow
Meet Jok Abraham Thon, UMBC’s first Peaceworker Global Fellow and the first Retriever from South Sudan. Thon is pursuing his master’s in entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership and plans to...
October 26, 2022 · 2:56 PM
GRIT-X 2022 brings to life the “essence” of UMBC research and creative achievement
Amid a bustling day filled with Homecoming excitement, GRIT-X returned to UMBC this month for its sixth year, delivering a wide-ranging lineup of Retriever excellence in action. Held in the Fine...
October 26, 2022 · 2:14 PM
Ozone and thunderstorms: Two UMBC Ph.D. students receive prestigious NASA grants, mentor undergraduates
Two UMBC Ph.D. students in atmospheric physics, Maurice Roots and Kylie Hoffman, have received competitive Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) awards that...
October 26, 2022 · 12:51 PM
Tackling food insecurity in disasters: UMBC’s Lauren Clay develops a new model through $520K NSF CAREER award
When disasters happen, access to food can be interrupted, which can increase existing food insecurity issues and compound the impact of disasters. Currently, there isn’t a standard tool to measure...
October 26, 2022 · 9:12 AM
UMBC Pres. Valerie Sheares Ashby named 2022 Technologist of the Year
Women of Color Magazine has named UMBC President Valerie Sheares Ashby 2022 Technologist of the Year. Sheares Ashby celebrated the honor surrounded by joyful UMBC students at the Women of Color...
October 24, 2022 · 1:37 PM
UMBC Special Collections receives more than 12,000 volumes from Parapsychology Foundation
UMBC Special Collections has been given an extraordinary gift of one of the world’s largest collections devoted to parapsychology, from the Parapsychology Foundation, Inc. in Greenport, New York....
October 24, 2022 · 1:33 PM
Reconnecting with Retriever Pride at Homecoming 2022
Every year, Retrievers of all ages (including some actual Retriever pups) and community members gather together for UMBC’s Homecoming—and as always, this year had something for everyone. For those...
October 20, 2022 · 10:23 AM

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