A New Twist on Safer Helmets
“Better our head than yours” is the motto of an innovative testing apparatus for sports helmets—nicknamed “the guillotine”—that has been…
Students
All Washed Up
A team of chemical and biomolecular engineering students is on a quest to improve world hygiene by ensuring that people…
Flight of Fancy
In Hackerman Hall, taking the stairs will improve not only your heart health, but also your mood. This spring, a…
Cheers
Stephen Filippone, a senior in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is the recipient of a prestigious 2014-2015 Gates…
Powered Up
Students working out at the O’Connor Recreation Center can now opt for super-healthy, protein-based fruit smoothies as an alternative to soda…
Hear, Hear! An App for Cochlear Implant Users
Today, more than 325,000 deaf people around the world are living with cochlear implants (CI). These tiny electronic devices don’t restore…
Bootup Baltimore
Concerned that Baltimore’s public school students were trying to learn on computers that are 15 years out of date, “Bootup…
To Boldly Go…
Dr. Leonard McCoy had it easy. To diagnose maladies aboard the fictional Star Ship Enterprise, he whipped out a tricorder:…
Candy, Camaraderie… and Coding
Take an old-fashioned sewing circle, add a 21st-century twist, and you’ve got the Department of Computer Science’s weekly Coding Circle….