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Meet a Retriever—Anjayooluwa Adegboyo ’25, Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year
Meet track and field student athlete Anjayooluwa “Jayo” Adegboyo ’25, biochemistry and molecular biology, who was named the 2025 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year by Diverse: Issues...
Posted: September 26, 2025, 11:31 AM
Meet a Retriever—Karndeep Singh ’18, M26, CYA president
Meet Karndeep Singh ’18, M26, biochemistry and molecular biology, a graduate student at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the biochemistry and molecular biology Ph.D. program. Singh...
Posted: March 15, 2023, 4:15 PM
When We Work Together
It’s no secret that at UMBC we do things a little differently. As a university, we’re young, agile, and (buzzword that it may be) truly innovative. We can see the success of these traits in our...
Posted: December 1, 2022, 1:24 PM
UMBC Pres. Valerie Sheares Ashby named 2022 Technologist of the Year
Women of Color Magazine has named UMBC President Valerie Sheares Ashby 2022 Technologist of the Year. Sheares Ashby celebrated the honor surrounded by joyful UMBC students at the Women of Color...
Posted: October 24, 2022, 1:37 PM
Meet a Retriever – Sharon Johnson, retired Meyerhoff Scholars Program staff
Meet Sharon Johnson, a dedicated member of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program staff for more than 17 years. Now retired, Sharon has chosen to continue to support UMBC with a planned gift that will...
Posted: October 11, 2022, 3:50 PM
UMBC and University of Maryland School of Medicine receive $13.7M NIH FIRST grant to increase faculty diversity
UMBC and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have received a five-year, $13.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enhance recruitment and training of...
Posted: September 23, 2022, 9:46 AM
Simons Foundation provides $2.5M to support UMBC Meyerhoff Scholars, plans New York replication
The Simons Foundation and its sister organization, Simons Foundation International, have pledged $2.5 million over five years to support the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. Continued partnership...
Posted: June 10, 2022, 4:19 PM
HHMI launches $1.5 billion Freeman Hrabowski Scholars program to support diversity, innovation in biomedical research
Today, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) launched the Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program to help build a scientific workforce that more fully reflects our increasingly diverse country....
Posted: May 26, 2022, 8:24 AM
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
Future engineer helps local students see the possibilities in STEM
Micah Thorpe Degree: B.S., Mechanical Engineering Hometown: Germantown, MD Post-grad plans: Ph.D., mechanical engineering, University of Michigan “My mom is a teacher at a Title I...
Posted: May 17, 2022, 3:49 PM
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