When a swimmer is good—really good—the sound of their stroke is smooth and quiet. The athlete plunges neatly into the water as if into another layer of air. Gentle ripples of movement belie the...
June 18, 2019
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Most days, Steven O’Farrell ’92, economics, uses the left side of his brain. As a real estate appraiser, O’Farrell’s livelihood depends on his ability to construct well-written, compelling...
June 18, 2019
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One student’s story could appear to inspired onlookers as a meteoric rise: excelling from private school to lauded scholarship programs and landing an ivy school opportunity post-graduation. But...
June 17, 2019
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Faculty and staff in UMBC’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) celebrated students in the annual CAHSS awards ceremony this spring. Scholars programs and departments...
June 17, 2019
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This is what it looks like when researchers push beyond band-aid solutions and design better answers to pressing medical and mental-health issues. The Patapsco Valley might not bring to mind the...
June 17, 2019
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In the aftermath of two “1000-year” floods in three years, can experts, officials, and residents agree on a way to prevent the next big one while preserving this historic town? By Sarah Hansen...
June 17, 2019
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Recovery from the flooding in Ellicott City has been long and difficult, and communities have often been left with more questions than answers. UMBC Magazine sat down with experts in public policy...
June 17, 2019
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1772 ⬗ Since its founding in 1772, Ellicott City “has come in for an inordinate amount of disasters from floods, fires and railroad wrecks,” wrote Fred Rasmussen in The Baltimore Sun in 2012....
June 17, 2019
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When Bill LaCourse became dean of UMBC’s College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS) in 2012, he had three top priorities in mind: innovate undergraduate science education to boost...
June 14, 2019
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As we age, our immune systems don’t work as well as they did when we were younger. That phenomenon is called immunosenescence, and it’s not exclusive to humans. The decline of the immune system...
June 13, 2019
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