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UMBC scientists and engineers celebrate launch of HARP2 instrument on NASA’s PACE mission
After over a decade of concerted effort, full of setbacks and recoveries, UMBC’s HARP team celebrated as the instrument they designed and built launched on PACE, a major NASA mission set to study Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. Continue Reading UMBC scientists and engineers celebrate launch of HARP2 instrument on NASA’s PACE mission
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UMBC’s first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence shares unique research on neurodiversity in language teaching and learning
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Month of Earth Day events culminates with 8th Annual Earth Day Symposium
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UMBC students receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for fifth consecutive year
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Ph.D. student Jonas Miller receives USM Student Excellence Scholarship
UMBC Magazine
Fall 2023 Issue
Grab a Seat at the Table
Magazine
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Chuck Peake—Pioneer of UMBC’s economics program
Charles “Chuck” Peake was hired as the university’s very first professor in economics and entrusted with a daunting task—building the economics department from the ground up. As a professor and mentor, Peake built…
Quick Posts
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COEIT convenes inaugural research day to encourage interdisciplinary collaborations
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Ryan Bloom, English, receives 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship for translation
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Students inspire William Blake’s paper on constitutional amendments in the prestigious ‘American Political Science Review’
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First CNMS GradFest fosters interdepartmental interaction among grads, postdocs
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CAHSS dean establishes a $400,000 education abroad scholarship
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Inaugural CNMS Science Discovery Series hits the mark with community audience
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Going the distance—virtual classrooms allow 300 former students to earn their degrees
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UMBC joins BRAIN Center to advance innovations in neurotechnologies
Community
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UMBC’s first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence shares unique research on neurodiversity in language teaching and learning
“If students have not experienced an inclusive classroom, they may be afraid of managing an inclusive classroom when they become teachers,” says Jules Buendgens-Kosten, a research assistant at the Institute of English and American Studies at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany and UMBC’s first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence , whose research helps prepare educators to teach students with dyslexia,…
Policy & Society
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Nancy Kusmaul, social work, receives “Outstanding Individual in Academia” award from the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy
UMBC’s Nancy Kusmaul, associate professor of social work, a scholar and advocate for the rights of older adults and professional caregivers, received the “Outstanding Individual in Academia” award from the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy in March 2024 at a ceremony on Capitol Hill. Kusmaul’s work is informed by her 10 years…
Science & Technology
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From solar energy harvesting to advanced batteries: Cohort of new engineering faculty bolster UMBC’s commitment to Earth-friendly research
This April 22, as the campus community celebrated Earth Day, the feel of spring’s natural reawakening was in the air. Birds chirped from newly leafed trees and students strolled in the bright sunshine. But the pleasant day belied a concerning trend: In Maryland and beyond, the balance of Earth’s life-supporting systems is shifting, driven in…
Arts & Culture
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Three UMBC artists—Kelley Bell, Corrie Francis Parks, and Katie Hileman—named Baker Artist Award finalists
Kelley Bell, M.F.A. ’06, associate professor of visual arts, Corrie Francis Parks, associate professor of visual arts, and Katie Hileman ’12, theatre, and general associate in the department of theatre, are among the finalists for the prestigious 2024 Baker Artist Award. Established in 2009, the Baker Artist program was created to support artists and promote…
