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Updated export control case studies

We've updated our list of case studies in export control that should help up all be aware of problems before they start. Click on the link below for more information.

Posted: August 18, 2014, 3:49 PM

Street to Stream

Clarksburg, Maryland is a small, unincorporated area in northern Montgomery County. Last spring, the Montgomery County Council made the decision to limit new development in Clarksburg’s Ten Mile...

Posted: August 11, 2014, 9:34 PM

Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture - October 11, 2014

A free community event open to the public

The Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) invites the public to attend the Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture on Saturday, October 11, 2014, in Turner Auditorium on...

Posted: August 4, 2014, 11:28 AM

Safety Workshop for Researchers Traveling Abroad

Do you take your personal or UMBC issued electronics (laptops, telephones, tablets) when traveling? Have you been invited to lecture or collaborate with a university outside the US? What...

Posted: August 4, 2014, 11:17 AM

Updates to the Animal Research Protocol Form

The IACUC recently adopted changes to the protocol application used to review and approve animal research projects.  Changes includes: administrative changes to document funding sources,...

Posted: July 31, 2014, 12:32 PM

What happens if export control rules are not followed

Don't let this happen to you! - Actual investigation samples from the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security. Other case examples are found on the ORPC Export Control Management...

Posted: July 31, 2014, 9:48 AM

Mapbox shows no-fly zones for drones

Planning of using unmanned drones for research projects? This map shows areas of the US where it is not recommended to fly drones due to FAA regulations. 

Posted: July 31, 2014, 9:42 AM

Farming The Bluefin Tuna

In a windowless laboratory in downtown Baltimore, some tiny, translucent fish larvae are swimming about in glass-walled tanks. They are infant bluefin tuna. Scientists in this laboratory are...

Posted: July 31, 2014, 1:48 AM

New Hope for People Living with Paralysis

July 16, 2014 Nilanjan Banerjee, computer science and electrical engineering, discusses his work developing textile based capacitive sensors that can capture subtle motions and give paralysis...

Posted: July 23, 2014, 2:35 PM

Lorraine Remer recognized as Highly Cited Researcher

July 3, 2014 Dr. Lorraine Remer, a Research Professor in Physics working at the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has been named among the...

Posted: July 23, 2014, 2:35 PM