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IBM-UMBC Day focuses on research collaboration

Collaboration in advanced computing

This story was first published  here and was written by Megan Hanks. UMBC welcomed 50 IBM executives and research leaders to campus on Friday, April 6, for a day-long event designed to...

Posted: April 26, 2018, 6:27 PM

NSF Graduate Research Program honors UMBC students, alumni

Fellowship Program honors 18 UMBC students and alumni

This story was first published  here and was written by Sarah Hansen. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) to 10 UMBC-affiliated...

Posted: April 26, 2018, 6:19 PM

UMBC’s Gloria Chuku receives international award

for influential scholarship in Africana studies

This story was first published  here and was written by Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque. Gloria Chuku, chair and professor of Africana studies, and affiliate professor of both gender and...

Posted: April 26, 2018, 6:15 PM

Christy Ford Chapin begins Library of Congress fellowship

continuing history faculty’s trend of research achievement

This story was first published  here and was written by Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque. When Christy Ford Chapin, associate professor of history, began teaching at UMBC in 2012, she started...

Posted: April 26, 2018, 6:12 PM

Charissa Cheah receives Fulbright award for research

identity development of Muslim Tunisian immigrants in Sicily

This story was first published  here and was written by Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque. Charissa Cheah, professor of psychology, has received a Fulbright to collaborate with  psychologists at...

Posted: April 26, 2018, 6:09 PM

UMBC’s Chris Curran receives major NIJ grant

for research on law enforcement in K–12 schools

This story was first published  here and was written by Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque. UMBC’s F. Chris Curran, assistant professor of public policy, has received a two-year $620,000 National...

Posted: April 26, 2018, 6:05 PM

UMBC’s Sebastian Deffner explains quantum computing limits

“quantum speed limit” may limit quantum computers

This story was first published  here and was written by Sarah Hansen. Classical computers have been getting faster, more powerful, and more compact for decades, but they may be reaching their...

Posted: April 26, 2018, 6:00 PM

New T. Rowe Price Sponsorship for UMBC Cybersecurity Center

Supporting cybersecurity research and students at UMBC

This story was first published  here and was written by Megan Hanks. Global investment management firm T. Rowe Price is supporting cybersecurity research and students at UMBC through a new...

Posted: April 26, 2018, 5:54 PM

NSF grants UMBC nearly $1 million

to expand supports for mechanical engineering students

This story was first published  here and was written by Megan Hanks. UMBC’s commitment to STEM education and increasing diversity in engineering and computing fields is a trademark of the...

Posted: April 26, 2018, 5:47 PM

UMBC space scientist further confirms Einstein’s theory

New solar research offers fresh perspective

This story was first published  here and was written by Sarah Hansen. New research by Sander Goossens, associate research scientist at UMBC’s Center for Space Science and Technology, and...

Posted: April 26, 2018, 5:42 PM