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UMBC Dining Hall Serves Seafood Grown Sustainably by IMET

The UMBC dining hall recently served sustainably grown seafood from the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET).  The scientists at IMET conduct marine and environmental research...

Posted: October 9, 2014, 10:27 PM

UMBC Partners in Creation of National Lab for Cybersecurity

Center will bridge government, industry and higher education

UMBC will play an exciting role in strengthening our nation’s cybersecurity infrastructure through a new Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) announced this week. The National...

Posted: October 9, 2014, 11:15 AM

Grants Awarded by the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation

The spring 2014 projects selected to receive funding from the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation are: IMPLEMENTATION AND RESEARCH GRANT Re-playing the Past: Building a Digital Game for the History...

Posted: October 7, 2014, 10:43 PM

OVPR Hosts New Faculty Luncheon

The Office of the Vice President for Research hosted a Lunch & Learn Session to welcome new faculty members from across the campus to learn about how the Research Office can support the...

Posted: October 2, 2014, 2:29 PM

International Astrophysics Meeting Held at UMBC

About 18 members of an international astrophysics research collaboration met at the UMBC's South Campus Research and Technology Park and at the Visitor Center of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center...

Posted: September 28, 2014, 9:11 PM

Dr. Julia Ross Receives $3M Grant for Engineering Education

Dr. Julia Ross, now in her first semester as Dean of the UMBC College of Engineering and Information Technology, has been awarded a three million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation...

Posted: September 10, 2014, 12:24 AM

Linda Dusman and Eric Smallwood Awarded TEDCO MII Grant

Linda Dusman, Music, and Eric Smallwood, Visual Arts, in partnership with the School of Music at the University of Maryland, College Park, have received a $150,000 Maryland Innovation Initiative...

Posted: September 4, 2014, 1:14 AM

On the Road to Plutopia

November 15, 2014 A few years ago, historian Kate Brown spent several weeks in a tiny cottage in an obscure corner of Russia’s Ural Mountains. She was studying the history of Ozersk, a secret...

Posted: August 25, 2014, 12:45 PM