COEIT News Archive

What gets you up and out the door each morning? And what makes a job more than a job—or even more than a career? For so many who make UMBC their professional home, the value goes way beyond a...

Joana Hernandez Degree: B.S., Chemical Engineering Hometown: Hyattsville, MD Post-grad plans: Applying to biochemical engineering Ph.D. programs McNair Scholar Joana Hernandez is a...

UMBC’s Dresher Center for the Humanities recently partnered with the National Humanities Alliance to host Inclusion and Public Humanities: A Convening, one of the culminating events in the final...

Victoria Joya Euceda Degree: B.A., Geography and Environmental Studies Hometown: Gaithersburg, MD Post-grad plans: Ph.D. in geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign McNair...

Sarah Turner  Degree: B.A., Psychology Hometown: Gaithersburg, MD Post-grad plans: Ph.D. in Business Administration, Drexel LeBow College of Business Sarah Turner, a McNair Scholar and...

When COVID struck, students, families, and educators nationwide worried about the impact it would have on learning experiences and career opportunities. Throughout summer 2021, UMBC students have...

Jasmine A. Lee, director of inclusive excellence in UMBC’s Division of Student Affairs, is now also leading UMBC’s Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion and Belonging (i3B). The new i3B brings...

Danilo Symonette, Robin Bailey, and Hye-Jin Park are earning their UMBC degrees this month having researched in top labs and being invited to present their findings to colleagues across the...

Earning a degree isn’t just a milestone, it’s a special kind of growth experience full of challenges and doubts, inspiration and opportunity. Depending on their path, some students face particular...

What does it take to be a professor? That is exactly the type of question the McNair Scholars Program wants students to ask early on in their undergraduate years. The national program prepares...