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Margo Young promoted to ESRA Director

It is my distinct pleasure to announce the promotion of Ms. Margo Young as Director of the Earth & Space Research Administration (ESRA). Margo has been serving as the ESRA Associate Director...

Posted: August 4, 2020, 4:37 PM

Prof Hamidi receives NSF grant to expand internet access

This story was written by Megan Hanks and first appeared on news.umbc.edu During the COVID-19 pandemic, internet access has become more critical, with people relying on it to work, learn,...

Posted: July 31, 2020, 9:57 AM

Global Pandemic in History

How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague

Kathryn McKinley, a medievalist and Professor of English at UMBC, discusses the eerie similarities in how the rich reacted to the bubonic plague in Boccaccio's The Decameron and the pandemic...

Posted: July 17, 2020, 5:09 PM

Structural Inequality and Systemic Racism

Overcoming Barriers to Homeownership In Baltimore City

Sally Scott, Director of the MPS in Community Leadership (UMBC) and Seema Iyer, Associate Director of the Jacob France Institute (UB) have published a report through the Abell Foundation which...

Posted: July 17, 2020, 4:48 PM

UMBC collaborates with MxD on cybersecurity curriculum

This story was written by Megan Hanks and first appeared on news.umbc.edu UMBC researchers will collaborate with the Chicago-based MxD to develop a curriculum and online platform for...

Posted: July 15, 2020, 2:24 PM

Prof Wilson helps governors, public respond to COVID-19

This story was written by Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque and first appeared on news.umbc.edu Governors across the United States have been working to determine what safe reopening might...

Posted: June 22, 2020, 3:45 PM

COVID-19 research at UMBC

Professor Lucy Wilson helps in the response to COVID-19

Lucy Wilson, a professor in the Emergency Health Services department in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at UMBC, is an infectious disease transmission expert whose research is...

Posted: June 10, 2020, 5:32 PM