Kizzmekia Corbett '08, M16, biological sciences and sociology, is the lead scientist of the research team.
This week, UMBC announced plans to reopen the campus for the Fall 2021 semester, providing most courses and campus services face-to-face.
In the latest Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey, UMBC has ranked among the United States' top 100 public institutions.
Announced today, 2022 U.S. News Best Graduate School Rankings name several UMBC programs in engineering and public affairs.
In September of 2020, UMBC's Camee Maddox-Wingfield, assistant professor of anthropology, wanted to introduce her Anthropology 211 students.
The human hand is capable of exquisitely complex, coordinated movements.
Starting out at UMBC, Meyerhoff Scholar Timothy Potteiger wasn't certain what direction he wanted to take.
Anthony Johnson is a professor of both physics and computer science and electrical engineering (CSEE) at UMBC.
A new report from the Chronicle of Higher Education features UMBC's peer-based work to boost faculty diversity.
UMBC's James Foulds was drawn to working in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) by “the possibility (to make an impact)."
The share of residents holding four-year or higher degrees has been growing in the U.S. Here's how it’s changed in Baltimore County.
Amanda Knapp heard last fall from Anupam Joshi, professor and chair of computer science and electrical engineering (CSEE).
A strategic research alliance between UMBC and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has selected four new interdisciplinary projects.
Uncertainty—that was the word going through the minds of every player, coach, and fan as the 2020-2021 UMBC men’s basketball season began.
On a low-lying island in the Caribbean, the future of the critically endangered Bahama Oriole just got a shade brighter.
See the latest announcement from the Baltimore County Public Schools.
Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic (CCMA) has recognized UMBC with its 2020 Engaged Campus Award. This award acknowledges UMBC faculty and staff.
Innovative technologies don’t have to be expensive or complicated.
Graduate student Kirthana Kolekar began volunteering as one of UMBC’s first Global Ambassadors in summer 2020.
Six UMBC faculty members have just received grants from the Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) program to develop new technologies.
This spring, the first cohort of ESTEEMED Scholars arrives at UMBC on their path to revolutionizing biomedicine.
Dana Bradley, dean of UMBC’s Erickson School of Aging Studies, recently recognized President Freeman Hrabowski with a prominent honor.
Laura Girling, of UMBC’s Center for Aging Studies, breaks down stereotypes of people living with dementia through innovative research.
UMBC’s online master’s degree in information systems has once again been ranked one of the best programs in the nation by U.S. News.
UMBC researchers have made strides in automated legal document analytics.
Quantum computers have the potential to revolutionize communications, cybersecurity, and more, by dramatically speeding computation.
The National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students has named UMBC’s Danyelle Tauryce Ireland a 2021 Transfer Champion Rising Star.
As UMBC faculty prepare for spring, they are reflecting on lessons learned from a primarily online fall 2020 semester.
The UMBC community was the top contributor to the 2020 Maryland Charity Campaign (MCC), supporting non-profit organizations.
The fourth annual National Day of Racial Healing is on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The goal of the day is to promote racial healing and equity.
UMBC researchers have developed a technique to quickly analyze extensive data from Arctic ice sheets to gain insight and useful knowledge.
"As we prepare to close the book on 2020, we want to take a look back at some of UMBC’s most important chapters from this past year."
UMBC’s Chris Rakes and Michele Stites and colleagues have received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
For some fall 2020 graduates, the day they finish their final class won’t look much different from any other day of working and studying.
It is UMBC’s newest undergraduate degree, the bachelor of science in Translational Life Science Technology (TLST).
Graduating seniors Anthony Cano, Renato Zanelli, and Maya Scheirer came to UMBC with pride and hunger instilled by their immigrant parents.
As the pandemic surged across the country last spring, university arts venues closed their doors, but that didn’t stop UMBC artists.