University of Maryland, Baltimore County

UMBC joins super team to take on the “undruggable” misfolded proteins implicated in diseases from Alzheimer’s to some cancers

UMBC is contributing to a multi-institution research project, funded by the Advanced Research  Projects Agency for Health ...
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UMBC takes first steps toward offering higher education for incarcerated individuals

UMBC has been awarded a $64,000 grant to support the development of a prison education program. In September, USM announced that nine colleges and universities will receive a combined $400,000 to ...
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Meet a Retriever—Jacob Diaz, assistant vice president and dean of students, sees his role as developing a culture of care

Jake Diaz with a group of Welcome, Retrievers! student leaders (Woolies) at the start of the fall 2026 semester. Photo by Poulomi Banerjee '16, M.P.P. '21. One of the newest friendly faces recently ...
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A global perspective on aging: Alfred Boakye’s gerontology journey from Ghana to Japan and the U.S.

Alfred Boakye presenting his research on male caregivers at the Gerontology Society of America conference. (Image courtesy of Boakye) Alfred Boakye first began thinking deeply about the care and ...
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How to make a (really) strong magnet

Magnets often attract curious minds. Einstein told of his profound sense of hidden order after witnessing the invisible forces of the Earth’s magnetic field guide the needle of a compass. For Ethan ...
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For the leaf peepers: How NASA’s PACE is improving fall color forecasts

This figure from the new paper shows how the presence of anthocyanins increased from the first to the third weeks of October in the eastern United States in 2024. (Courtesy of Huemmrich) Researchers ...
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Stephen C. Angle: Progressive Confucianism, Nei-Wai Citizenship, and the Family

The Center for Ethics and Values presents the Eminent Scholar Lecture, featuring Stephen C. Angle, Mansfield Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies and Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan University, ...
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Monteiro to serve as VP of government relations and community affairs

In an email to the campus community, UMBC President Valerie Sheares Ashby has announced that D. Paul Monteiro, Jr., will join the university as vice president for government relations and community ...
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Black hole mergers open doors for students

Zack Reeves, a Ph.D. student in Adi Foord's research group, presents at a lab meeting. The screen shows an image from OpenSpace, a program that visualizes the universe in 3D. (Brad Ziegler/UMBC) There ...
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Jensen, Sotilleo Join UMBC Provost Leadership Team

Carlos Jensen and Sophia Sotilleo will join the University of Maryland, Baltimore County provost leadership team beginning August 1. Jensen will serve as vice provost for student success and dean for ...
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How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?

Imagine a camera so powerful it can see light from galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago. That’s exactly what NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is built to do. Since it launched in ...
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New AI-supported, high-resolution Chesapeake Bay Watershed stream maps reveal additional waterways and will help prioritize restoration projects

The new hydrography data, shown in blue, identified many more streams than the previous dataset, in red. (Courtesy of Matthew Baker) The project lays a robust foundation for sustainable management of ...