This year, UMBC partnered with the EPA to host more events than ever before for Earth Day: a total of 18 throughout the month of April. “A tradition we are really proud of is that this event is 100 percent planned and implemented by our graduate students,” shared Zhibo Zhang about the concluding Earth Day Symposium. Continue Reading Month of Earth Day events culminates with 8th Annual Earth Day Symposium “Receiving the Board of Regents Student excellence Scholarship has provided me with the motivation to propel my research to the next level on my quest to find new predictive biomarkers pertaining to Atlantic salmon reproductive endocrinology,” Jonas Miller says. Continue Reading Ph.D. student Jonas Miller receives USM Student Excellence Scholarship CNMS GradFest featured six lightning talks and 46 posters, all given by CNMS graduate students. The successful pilot event responded to a specific request from graduate students and postdocs in the college. Continue Reading First CNMS GradFest fosters interdepartmental interaction among grads, postdocs The African International Conference on Statistics, led by UMBC, is poised to enter a new era with support from the American Statistical Association. “Now we stand as partners with the world’s largest statistical association, the American Statistical Association,” Yehenew Kifle says. “This partnership with ASA lays the foundation for great optimism about a promising future for the AIC.” Continue Reading UMBC partners with American Statistical Association to organize annual African International Conference on Statistics The College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS) hosted its first CNMS Science Discovery Series event on March 27. The goal of the series is to give back to the community by offering an opportunity for non-experts to learn about the research happening in their backyards, and it was a big success. Continue Reading Inaugural CNMS Science Discovery Series hits the mark with community audience Ephraim Ruttenberg ’25 combines his passions for mathematics and crochet to stitch unique mathematical forms. Continue Reading Stitching it all together, or how Ephraim Ruttenberg ’25 got hooked on math and crochet Data collected by HARP2, an instrument designed and built by UMBC scientists and engineers, is already available to the public, as is data from the other instruments on NASA’s PACE satellite, which launched February 8. Continue Reading First data from UMBC’s HARP2 instrument on NASA PACE mission goes public “ICARE is a unique training model in which master’s students in the environmental sciences and engineering are co-mentored by UMBC faculty mentors, professional scientists or engineers, and community leaders,” shares Tamra Mendelson. Continue Reading ‘Your work is so important,’ White House environmental justice leader tells UMBC ICARE trainees Gao and Huang’s research led to the development of a mobile diagnostic system to identify cancerous regions in tumor samples, which they hope will eventually benefit patients in remote areas. Gao will participate in a week-long final Regeneron Talent Search competition next week in Washington, D.C., where he and the other finalists will compete for more than $1.8 million in awards. Continue Reading William Gao, mentee of UMBC statistician Yi Huang, named finalist in Regeneron Talent Search “The U.S. is the largest importer of seafood in the world. Currently the oceans are overfished, and IMET is working on innovative aquaculture platforms that will reduce U.S. and global dependence on wild fisheries stocks,” Yonathan Zohar says. “Through these donations, we can also provide a small level of societal benefit right away and close to home.” Continue Reading UMBC-led Aquaculture Research Center donates thousands of pounds of seafood to local food pantries An enzyme called SMYD3 may be involved in prostate cancer’s progression to a more dangerous and aggressive stage. The enzyme’s newly confirmed role makes it a prime potential drug target for preventing metastatic disease. Continue Reading UMBC researchers clarify role of SMYD3 enzyme in prostate cancer progression Small groups of students suck brine shrimp out of glass vials, squirt them into petri dishes set over graph paper, then stare intently at the wriggling shrimp while running stopwatches and recording data. It may not sound like a math class, but this is a typical day in MATH 110: Math in Action. “I believe everyone can benefit from some math in their life, so this course is trying to show how different math concepts are applied across various fields.” Continue Reading From brine shrimp to blood pressure: New UMBC laboratory course brings math to life
Month of Earth Day events culminates with 8th Annual Earth Day Symposium
Ph.D. student Jonas Miller receives USM Student Excellence Scholarship
First CNMS GradFest fosters interdepartmental interaction among grads, postdocs
UMBC partners with American Statistical Association to organize annual African International Conference on Statistics
Inaugural CNMS Science Discovery Series hits the mark with community audience
Stitching it all together, or how Ephraim Ruttenberg ’25 got hooked on math and crochet
First data from UMBC’s HARP2 instrument on NASA PACE mission goes public
‘Your work is so important,’ White House environmental justice leader tells UMBC ICARE trainees
William Gao, mentee of UMBC statistician Yi Huang, named finalist in Regeneron Talent Search
UMBC-led Aquaculture Research Center donates thousands of pounds of seafood to local food pantries
UMBC researchers clarify role of SMYD3 enzyme in prostate cancer progression
From brine shrimp to blood pressure: New UMBC laboratory course brings math to life
