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Thomas Seidman Endows Chair

Maryland Department of Commerce awards matching fund

The late Dr. Seidman's estate has donated $1.06 million to UMBC to create the Dr. Thomas I. Seidman Endowed Chair in mathematics. The Maryland E-nnovation Initiative, an effort within the Maryland...

Posted: March 21, 2025, 4:39 PM

The Finite Element Circus

Brief history and events at UMBC

This UMBC News story was written on the occasion of the October 18, 2025 gathering of the Finite Element Circus at UMBC.

Posted: March 3, 2025, 4:42 PM

Learning to think math

Teaching proof-based mathematics

This story in UMBC News tells about the introduction of the course Math 300: Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning, and its impact on students' success in subsequent courses.

Posted: February 19, 2025, 10:58 PM

The hunt for elegant solutions

Story in UMBC News

This UMBC News story highlights the research of Drs. Andrei Draganescu, Ansu Chatterjee, and Matthew Kvalheim.

Posted: February 12, 2025, 1:48 PM

Digital Twins

NSF grant to study neurodegenerative diseases

Principal investigator Dr. Snigdhansu (Ansu) Chatterjeeand co-investigators Dr. Karuna Joshi and Dr. Animikh Biswas have been awarded an NSF grant to apply digital twinning technology to diagnose,...

Posted: October 19, 2024, 6:37 PM

Photos from the Ingenuity Conference

An outreach to Baltimore's high schools

Ingenuity is a STEM magnet school housed in Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly), in Baltimore City, renowned for their work with STEM-oriented students, and placing their best students in some...

Posted: June 23, 2024, 3:24 PM

The Annual African International Conference

UMBC partners with the American Statistical Association

The eighth annual African International Conference on Statistics (AIC) will take place in Tunis, Tunisia. in summer of 2024.  The American Statistical Association is providing financial support...

Posted: April 18, 2024, 5:47 PM

URCAD 2024

Undergraduate students showcase their research

The Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) on April 10, 2024 showcased the research and scholarship of several mathematics students through posters at the University Ballroom....

Posted: April 16, 2024, 4:17 PM

William Gao is a finalist in the Regeneron Talent Search

Centennial High School student is awarded $25,000

January 24, 2024  William Gao, a senior in the Centennial High School, has been selected as one of the 40 finalists in the 2024 Regeneron Science Talent Search from among more than 2,000...

Posted: January 24, 2024, 11:02 PM

Kathleen Hoffman on animal decision-making

New article published in Nature Machine Intelligence

Dr. Kathleen Hoffman's article on animal decision-making is published in Nature Machine Intelligence.  Read the news story here.

Posted: October 26, 2023, 4:20 PM