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Meet a Retriever—Triple alum Corris Davis is building a stronger network for students
Corris Davis’98, M.P.P. ’19, Ph.D. ’25, didn’t originally envision such a long career at UMBC or the number of students she would directly impact. As a Meyerhoff Program Scholar, Corris...
Posted: December 22, 2025, 8:33 PM
CNMS GradFest fosters research connections and builds community
On November 7, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS) gathered for the college’s second annual CNMS GradFest. Prableen...
Posted: November 14, 2025, 3:37 PM
Emily Brown ’14, M.S. ’14, shares the importance of community for women in technology
As a high schooler, Emily Brown ’14, M.S. ’14, computer science, dreamed of a future in STEM. Searching for a community to support her aspirations, she found the Center for Women and Technology at...
Posted: October 8, 2025, 11:25 AM
Who is “Fulbright material”? UMBC’s six 2025 – 2026 Fulbright U.S. Student Program recipients share their not-so-secret recipe for success
Alyssa Thomas is more of an “and” person than an “or” person. Growing up in a military family stationed in Florida, Thomas learned flexibility, a sense of curiosity, and a “Why not?” approach to...
Posted: October 7, 2025, 9:08 AM
Following where curiosity leads them—COEIT celebrates student summer research
Students from across the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) spent the summer diving into research—embarking on new projects or deepening their focus. The college celebrated...
Posted: September 16, 2025, 2:42 PM
Sweat equity—UMBC’s arts, humanities, and social science interns use campus connections and resources to find ideal summer placements
Used to working in beautiful sunny weather, Giovanna Orfali, a visual arts senior from São Paulo, Brazil, spent this summer behind the camera as a digital content intern at the Maryland Center for...
Posted: August 21, 2025, 11:00 AM
UMBC publishes first-of-its-kind tutorial for teaching complex computational chemistry technique
Joseph Bennett, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Mona Layegh, Ph.D. ’25, chemistry, know how hard it can be to teach density functional theory (DFT) to undergraduates. DFT is...
Posted: July 22, 2025, 3:32 PM
Meet a Retriever—Army veteran Tim Besse, M.A. ’17, management of aging services
Meet Tim Besse, M.A. ’17, management of aging services, a veteran of the United States Army who now works as an advocate for veterans with neurological injuries or diseases. As a student in the...
Posted: November 9, 2023, 4:23 PM
From nurture to apocalypse (and back again) —The Mundane Afrofuturism of multimedia artist Safiyah Cheatam
Safiyah Cheatam, M.F.A. ’21, intermedia and digital arts, always has her hands in something. In just the past few years, the multidisciplinary conceptual artist has exhibited work at The...
Posted: July 27, 2023, 10:09 AM
UMBC’s Achuth Padmanabhan to pursue promising ovarian cancer research with $1.5 million in grants
No one wants to receive a cancer diagnosis. Ovarian cancer can be particularly scary, because its vague symptoms make it difficult to detect early—and when caught late, after the cancer has...
Posted: July 26, 2023, 5:54 PM
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