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Nahom Getachew, and HHMI scholar, works at a fume hood in a lab, wearing a lab coat, gloves, and safety glasses

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Mentorship and momentum: How UMBC support propelled six students into HHMI’s first Cech Fellows cohort

Aug 4, 2026

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Four Retrievers selected for this summer’s Key Bridge rebuilding internship

Jul 27, 2026

group photo of Seneviratne lab group members in the laboratory where they conduct their HIV prevention research

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UMBC researcher awarded high-risk, high-reward NIAID grant to improve HIV prevention drugs

Jul 27, 2026

Off-road car navigates dirt track marked by orange cones.

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Baja team speeds into racing season with strong early showings

Jul 16, 2026

"UMBC" on large outdoor sign. Flowers are planted in front of the sign.

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UMBC launching M.S. in AI program this fall

Jul 10, 2026

Three men pose for camera while holding an oversized check

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Meet a Retriever—Manikanta Sirumalla, international data science graduate student and entrepreneur

Jun 26, 2026

Two men look work under a large metal cylinder housing the magnet.

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How to make a (really) strong magnet

Jun 15, 2026

three maps of the eastern United States generated using PACE data and showing increasing presence of anthocyanins, the red in fall colors, from the first to the third weeks of October 2024

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For the leaf peepers: How NASA’s PACE is improving fall color forecasts

Jun 12, 2026

two people holding clear plastic containers each holding a fish, backed by a stream scene

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Darter detective: Ph.D. student Payton Barry on ecosystems, outreach, and grant hunting

Jun 5, 2026

landscape shot of the entry to campus with a UMBC sign in the forefront

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Seigar Named Dean of the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Jun 2, 2026

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Inaugural “MyRCA” interdisciplinary faculty cohort empowers researchers to bring their work to life

Jun 1, 2026

A Chandra X-ray Observatory image around the Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole, located in the center of the Milky Way galaxy, is shown. The image is dominated by vibrant red and blue hues, with a large amount of celestial objects visible. At the center of the image, there is a bright, lumpy object showing the intense X-ray radiation emanating from the Sgr A* black hole. In the surrounding area, there are a couple smaller lumps layered throughout the image, feathering out to a large almost butterfly shape filling much of the screen. The image appears textured, like dozens of blue and orange glow worms are paused in their wriggling. The image offers an unprecedented view of lobes of hot gas extending for a dozen light years on either side of the black hole. These lobes provide evidence for powerful eruptions occurring several times over the last ten thousand years. The image also contains several mysterious X-ray filaments, some of which may be huge magnetic structures interacting with streams of energetic electrons produced by rapidly spinning neutron stars. Such features are known as pulsar wind nebulas.

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Revealing galactic history with cosmic rays

May 21, 2026

Four people pose for a photo and smile at the camera.

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Katie King ’26, biology and dance double major, Admissions Grit Guide, and UMBC Dance Team co-captain, pursues a future that engages her passions

May 20, 2026

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Simone Kruse ’26, business technology administration, drawn to UMBC by her career goals and the welcoming community

May 18, 2026

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Yash Bhatt ’26—A legacy of service: Building skills, community, and impact at UMBC

May 14, 2026

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