By Nancy Kusmaul, associate professor, Social Work UMBC For older adults, social isolation may have dredged up past traumas that are difficult to come back from. And for those living in...

One Halloween evening, a young Amanda Belunis watched her dad arrange dry ice in the kitchen sink. Belunis and her brother thought the chilling fog spilling from the countertop was awesome. Now a...

By Amy Froide, professor of history, UMBC There’s growing awareness – and concern – about declining birthrates in the U.S. and other countries around the world. Falling birth rates are...

As a trifecta of crises upended life in 2020, the need for a diverse scientific and medical community grew ever more clear. George Floyd’s murder elicited worldwide protests against racial...

Soon, Steve Guimond and his students will begin exploring a new angle of his hurricane research. They want to better understand the fundamental physics that drives hurricanes. Specifically, they...