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UMBC a partner in $12M NSF award for sustainability research

Cooperative agreement creates Urban Water Innovation Network

Note: This story has also been covered by the Daily Record, as detailed by this post in UMBC Insights. UMBC is a founding member of a new consortium of 14 U.S. academic institutions and key...

Posted: July 31, 2015, 3:15 PM

Technology Assists with Caregiving

On July 14, 2015,  a news article was posted in the USA Today newspaper, titled, “Whiz kids solve seniors’ problems with tech.” This article mentions that Millennials are helping the Baby Boomers...

Posted: July 30, 2015, 1:07 PM

Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

The next IBC meeting is scheduled for September 16, 2015.  Investigators who want to have an application reviewed at this meeting should send a complete copy of the IBC paperwork to...

Posted: July 30, 2015, 11:32 AM

UMBC to Create Cybersecurity Educational Assessment Tools

Department of Defense will fund the project

Professors Alan Sherman (CSEE), Dhananjay Phatak (CSEE), and Linda Oliva (Education) have been awarded a research grant from the Department of Defense to create two educational cybersecurity...

Posted: July 24, 2015, 3:57 PM

Share Your Story. Share Your Photo. Celebrate LIFE!

Balance. A simple word, yet, a challenge to achieve. Intervention to help members in academia to achieve work-life balance started in the 1990’s by the College and University Work/Family...

Posted: July 8, 2015, 2:18 PM

Resources: Faculty Portfolios

Sharing based on July 8, 2015 seminar

The following resources were compiled to supplement the "Developing a Faculty Portfolio" seminar, designed for postdocs.   Resources:  UC Berkeley - Academic...

Posted: July 7, 2015, 11:56 PM

Postdocs invited to the PROMISE Summer Success Institute

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Postdocs are invited to attend the annual PROMISE Summer Success Institute at the Hotel at Arundel Preserve, Saturday, August 15, 2015. There will be a breakout session specifically for Postdocs,...

Posted: July 7, 2015, 11:15 PM

Curtis Menyuk, CSEE, Wins Humboldt Research Award

Curtis Menyuk, computer science and electrical engineering, won the prestigious Humboldt Research Award. The award is granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to scholars who have made a...

Posted: July 6, 2015, 11:28 AM