Jason Schiffman

Staking our Claim

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UMBC Researchers Explore the New Great Frontier – The Brain By Megan Hanks Illustrations by David Plunkert In the early 1960s, the prospect of being the first nation to plant a flag on the moon stoked America’s collective imagination, leading to a national commitment from scientists, engineers, and researchers – along with their funders – to explore and understand outer space. In similar fashion, researchers today are scrambling to explore a frontier that’s just as vast, though considerably closer to Earth – the human brain. “In some ways, what we have right now is an inner space challenge,” explains Karl… Continue Reading Staking our Claim

Round-Up: UMBC in the News

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One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll be sharing with you a round-up of the most newsworthy achievements from our community. UMBC featured in The Baltimore Sun’s February Education Supplement Manil Suri, Mathematics, in The Wall Street Journal Stephen Freeland, INDS, in WIRED Michele Osherow, English, in Folger Theatre Production Diary Judah Ronch, Erickson School, on WYPR’s Maryland Morning Jason Schiffman, Psychology, in The Daily Beast Check out all the other great campus news on Insights Weekly.

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