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Technology Catalyst Fund jumpstarts inventions on campus

(At right: A still from an informational video about a distracted driving detection system project, available here.) By Sarah Hansen The Office of Technology Development (OTD) at UMBC granted...

Posted: March 30, 2015, 8:04 AM

IMET–UMBC collaborative grant program takes off

by Sarah Hansen Last spring, the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) initiated the IMET–Partner Institutions Seed Grant Program.  The program stipulates that proposals include...

Posted: March 13, 2015, 4:32 PM

UMBC-UMB Collaboration Seeks Mechanisms Behind Migraines

This story covers a UMBC-UMB research collaboration and is cross-posted from the UMB news site. For scientists, finding the cause of migraine headaches has turned into a real brain teaser....

Posted: March 13, 2015, 9:07 AM

MIPAR Researchers Receive International Award

The International Center of Mental Health Policy and Economics has awarded UMBC researchers David Salkever (Public Policy) and Brent Gibbons (Ph.D., ’13, Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and...

Posted: March 10, 2015, 3:40 PM

Statement of Funding and Support for UMBC's CLB Initiative

A project supported by The National Science Foundation

The Career-Life Balance Initiative at UMBC ("On Ramps" to Full Professor: Institutional Support for Post-Family Leave Faculty Research Reintegration), receives support from the National Science...

Posted: March 6, 2015, 12:37 AM

National Endowment for the Humanities Workshop at UMBC

Dresher Center and CAHSS host regional NEH Grants Workshop

UMBC welcomed the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a regional grant-writing workshop on February 20, 2015. The workshop, conducted by the NEH’s Division of Research Programs, was...

Posted: March 2, 2015, 2:10 PM

Feb. 25, 2015 Re-cap: Developing a Career Portfolio

Notes from the Career-Life Balance Seminar

Hi everyone!  I received emails from several people, who have indicated that they could not attend the Feb. 25, 2015 Career-Life Balance Seminar on Developing a Career Portfolio. Therefore, I...

Posted: February 28, 2015, 2:34 PM

$50k awarded to CAST team for preemie respiration monitor

by Sarah Hansen Right: The winners and judges after the NCC-PDI conference and competition. Govind Rao, UMBC Professor and Director of the Center for Advanced Sensor Technology (CAST), was the...

Posted: February 26, 2015, 7:03 PM

NPA Conference Agenda, March 13-15, UMB's campus, downtown

We have waivers for UMBC's postdocs who want to attend.

UMBC will be attending the National Postdoctoral Association's Annual Conference in March. It will be held on the campus of the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), downtown, Baltimore. Here is...

Posted: February 26, 2015, 11:43 AM