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    <Title>Four UMBC students receive Goldwater Scholarship for STEM research, tying prior record</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Four UMBC students have been named 2022-23 Goldwater Scholars, tying the university's past record, set just last year. This year’s recipients are Christopher Slaughter ‘23, computer engineering; Rachel Myers ‘23, chemical engineering; Tobi Majekodunmi ‘23, mechanical engineering; and D’Juan Moreland ‘23, biological sciences and music. UMBC had more winners this year than any other institution in the state of Maryland. </div>
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    <Summary>Four UMBC students have been named 2022-23 Goldwater Scholars, tying the university's past record, set just last year. This year’s recipients are Christopher Slaughter ‘23, computer engineering;...</Summary>
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  <Title>UMBC faculty and staff award recipients place community at the core of their success</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">At UMBC’s 2022 Presidential Faculty and Staff Awards (PFASA), Tamra Mendelson said she loves “getting to the core of a concept” in her research and teaching. As awardee after awardee addressed the audience, both in person and online, it became clear that all shared the same “core concept” of UMBC: community.</div>
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  <Summary>At UMBC’s 2022 Presidential Faculty and Staff Awards (PFASA), Tamra Mendelson said she loves “getting to the core of a concept” in her research and teaching. As awardee after awardee addressed the...</Summary>
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    <Title>UMBC&#8217;s Lavik and Bieberich develop new approach to nanoparticles that stop internal bleeding</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">When a person experiences a trauma that leads to significant bleeding, the first few minutes are critical. It’s important that they receive intravenous medication quickly to control the bleeding, but delivering the medication at the right rate can prove challenging. Slower infusions can cause fewer negative reactions, but the medication might not work fast enough, particularly in the case of a serious trauma. </div>
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    <Summary>When a person experiences a trauma that leads to significant bleeding, the first few minutes are critical. It’s important that they receive intravenous medication quickly to control the bleeding,...</Summary>
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    <Title>UMBC students take second place in national ChemE Jeopardy competition for second year in a row</Title>
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  <Title>UMBC alumnus Kafui Dzirasa is named an HHMI Investigator, elected to the National Academy of Medicine</Title>
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  <Summary>Kafui Dzirasa ‘01, M8, chemical engineering, recently earned two highly prestigious honors distinctive even among leaders in the medical and life sciences: an HHMI Investigator award and election...</Summary>
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    <Title>UMBC&#8217;s GRIT-X talks return for Homecoming 2021, highlighting research with a public impact</Title>
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    <Title>Ocean exploration to environmental justice: UMBC students seize on unique summer opportunities</Title>
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