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3D Scanning Room opens with a 90-camera flash

3D Scanning Room opens with a 90-camera flash UMBC’s Imaging Research Center (IRC) has debuted the 3D Scanning Room, featuring new software that allows 3D models to be created by combining...

Posted: December 14, 2015, 9:20 AM

Webnet Training

IBC and IACUC courses currently unavailable

The ORPC regrets to inform you that the "Webnet" site for IBC and IACUC training is currently unavailable, and we are unable to add new users at this time.  We will update this post to let you...

Posted: December 11, 2015, 11:46 AM

UMBC Inventors’ Luncheon honors UMBC faculty innovators

Innaugural event's span the disciplines

UMBC’s inaugural Innovators Luncheon, held November 30, 2015, celebrated faculty innovators from across the university who are forging new paths in their fields. Sponsored by the Office of the...

Posted: December 4, 2015, 11:32 PM

USDA designates UMBC a Non-Land Grant College of Agriculture

Designation coincides with new aquaculture research funding

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food Administration (NIFA) has formally awarded UMBC the designation of Non-Land Grant College of Agriculture (NLGCA). The NLGCA...

Posted: December 2, 2015, 10:48 PM

The Tufts Training in Education and Critical Research Skills

Postdoctoral Opportunity at Tufts University in Boston, MA

We would like to tell you about an exciting postdoctoral training program that is in place at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts! This program, called TEACRS (Training in Education and...

Posted: December 2, 2015, 8:24 PM

Fellowships for Parental Leave for Graduate Assistants

*NEW* Males & Females, Birth, Adoption, Foster Parenting

In recognition of the challenges of balancing the demands of a graduate assistantship and parenting a new child, UMBC offers Fellowships for Parental Leave to improve the environment for new...

Posted: December 2, 2015, 11:25 AM

Helping Kids with Asthma Breathe Easier

UMBC team to develop wearable system to track asthma triggers in pediatric patients. An innovative team of researchers working across engineering fields has received a nearly $2 million award...

Posted: November 19, 2015, 4:56 PM

SRAIS Funding Awarded to UMBC Faculty to Advance Research

For the current academic year, ten UMBC faculty received a financial boost to advance their innovative research through funding from the Special Research Assistantship/Initiative Support (SRAIS)...

Posted: November 10, 2015, 8:43 AM

Faculty across disciplines receive UMBC Summer Fellowships

UMBC faculty across all three colleges and the School of Social Work were awarded funding through the Summer Faculty Fellowship (SFF) for this past summer. The SFF program supports non-tenured,...

Posted: November 9, 2015, 5:03 PM

UMBC Research Forum on Climate Change and the Environment

Forum Highlights Value of Diverse Perspectives, Partnerships

UMBC’s Office of the Vice President for Research hosted “Climate Change and the Environment,” on October 30, 2015, as a forum to examine today’s most pressing environmental issues from a diverse...

Posted: November 4, 2015, 8:17 AM