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Uplifting up-and-coming economists
As a student Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman took notice of something missing in the field of academic economics—people who looked like her. Since then, this Forbes 30 under 30 star in Boston has...
Posted: December 12, 2023, 12:52 PM
UMBC’s 2023 commencement speakers represent the best of higher education
This year’s UMBC commencement speakers represent the best of what higher education strives to be, applying insights to meet the needs of humanity. Commencement speakers Keith T. Elder,...
Posted: May 16, 2023, 10:32 AM
Mentors help students grow their research skills, from fieldwork in Puerto Rico to labs at UMBC
It’s 4 a.m. in Puerto Rico, and Ellie Bare’s alarm is going off. Within an hour, she and her research colleagues are driving to their forested field site on the north side of the island to record...
Posted: May 15, 2023, 11:40 AM
Mock Trial champ pursuing economics for public good
Zinedine Partipilo Cornielles Degree: B.S., Financial Economics; B.A., Mathematics Hometown: Barquisimeto, Venezuela Post-grad plans: Predoctoral research fellow Zinedine Partipilo...
Posted: April 24, 2023, 1:22 PM
Finding Joy in the Democratic Process
On a Tuesday evening in early November, Main Street in The Commons was uncommonly crowded. Hundreds of democratically-minded students eagerly—and perhaps, anxiously—milled around watching the 2022...
Posted: December 14, 2022, 4:07 PM
The Hilltop Institute at UMBC revolutionizes data analytics to advance health and wellbeing
Two researchers from The Hilltop Institute at UMBC just received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to investigate hospital price transparency. With the nearly $300,000 award funded by the...
Posted: August 31, 2022, 10:23 AM
Pres. Freeman Hrabowski honors Class of 2022 at final commencement as UMBC leader
Nearly 1,800 students walked across the stage at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena this week during UMBC’s 78th graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies. After pausing to receive...
Posted: May 27, 2022, 4:12 PM
NIDA EDUCATE program develops the next generation of addiction researchers
In 2021, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded UMBC more than $1 million over five years to create a program specifically for undergraduate scholars interested in research on...
Posted: May 24, 2022, 4:52 PM
Ukrainian graduate aims to bring people together
Kateryna Yakusheva Degree: B.A., Global Studies; B.A. Economics Hometown: Kherson, Ukraine Plans: Work in an intercultural role before graduate school “Studying at UMBC helped me see...
Posted: May 12, 2022, 3:30 PM
A new approach to environmental research may improve global management of common pool resources
Sustainable management of common pool resources (CPRs) such as water, forests, clean air, and fisheries is a global concern that’s getting increased attention in the context of climate change. All...
Posted: December 15, 2021, 4:45 PM
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