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U.S. News recognizes UMBC as a top global university 2017

This story was first published on news.umbc.edu and was written by Dinah Winnick. Just one month after honoring UMBC’s continued national leadership in teaching and innovation, U.S. News &...

Posted: October 26, 2016, 10:27 AM

New virtual reality space at UMBC

Tech reduces distance between computers, data, and people

This story was first published on news.umbc.edu and was written by Megan Hanks. UMBC’s new PI^2 Immersive Hybrid Reality Lab will allow faculty and students to interact with data in different,...

Posted: October 26, 2016, 10:23 AM

UMBC physicist reimagines the future of computing

This story was first published on news.umbc.edu and was written by Sarah Hansen. “There is no free lunch,” in quantum computing, says Sebastian Deffner, a new assistant professor of physics at...

Posted: October 26, 2016, 10:17 AM

Robin Corbet discovers rare binary star system

This article was first published on news.umbc.edu and was written by Sarah Hansen.  Until recently, humans had only detected five binary star systems—pairs of stars orbiting each other—that...

Posted: October 8, 2016, 1:43 PM

Brewster lab examine "pause button" on embryonic development

Work has an eye on improving organ transplant

This story was first published on news.umbc.edu and was written by Sarah Hansen.  Embryos of zebrafish, a workhorse model organism in biology labs, routinely survive without oxygen for up to...

Posted: October 8, 2016, 1:39 PM

NSF provides $5 million to UMBC-led LSAMP program

Supports students from underrepresented groups in STEM

UMBC is the lead institution on a $5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that provides additional funds for the University System of Maryland Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority...

Posted: October 8, 2016, 1:33 PM

UMBC faculty win major Maryland Innovation Initiative grants

Bringing in total MII awards to $2.4M

This story was first published on news.umbc.edu and was written by Sarah Hansen.  Tech transfer is growing rapidly at UMBC, fueled in part by the university’s notable success in securing...

Posted: October 8, 2016, 1:19 PM