Lee Blaney says a “multi-pronged approach” will help today’s scientists, policymakers, and innovators “continue to improve our quality of life without harming the environment."
“My experiences with the Shriver Center were my most meaningful at UMBC, and they showed me how to incorporate social change into my future ambitions,” says Bos. “I appreciate how UMBC encourages...
“The stream network is really the circulatory system of the Bay watershed,” Matt Baker says, “and getting a better picture of that is critical for understanding...what features are important for...
UMBC’s new Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building (ILSB) is an answer to two questions, says Dean Bill LaCourse: “What is UMBC going to be in the future?” and “What are our students going to...
“Mechanical engineers and historians are here in the same room talking to one another,” said Dean Scott Casper during his featured talk focused on communication skills. “That is what is really...
“As human populations grow,” Matt Baker says, “land transformation is degrading stream ecosystems at a truly historic pace.” Restoration efforts are on the rise, but do we know enough to make them...
“We’ve seen bird populations plummeting in Australia,” says Colin Studds, “but the thing affecting their populations is actually happening thousands of miles away in China.” Studds' new study...
The Grand Challenge Scholars Program's inaugural symposium featured lightning talks by faculty who described their research in relation to the program’s 14 interdisciplinary global challenge...