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Lighting the path: Jackie King’s unyielding vision
In the crisp autumn air, Jackie King laces up her running shoes, her white cane—affectionately named Amigo—tucked nearby. The UMBC alumna is training for the New York City Marathon. The effort...
Posted: October 24, 2025, 9:25 AM
The molecular storyteller: How Cameron Slayden ’99 advances science through animation
Inside the dark, swirling chaos of a cell, drama unfolds. A viral molecule, rendered in electric blue and menacing curves, attempts its invasion. A therapeutic compound swoops in to intercept it...
Posted: October 21, 2025, 3:53 PM
Weissmann ’06, appointed secretary of Maryland Department of Budget and Management
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has appointed Yaakov “Jake” Weissmann ’06, social work and psychology, as acting secretary of the Maryland Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Weissmann, UMBC’s...
Posted: October 21, 2025, 10:39 AM
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’s human services psychology doctoral program is inspiring careers to serve people with opioid use disorders and post-traumatic stress
If you could develop a treatment to improve the care of millions of people with opioid use disorder (OUD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), where would you start? For doctoral students...
Posted: August 1, 2025, 12:16 PM
Diane Alonso named senior fellow for generative AI pedagogy at USM Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation
Diane Alonso, a teaching professor and director of UMBC’s psychology program at the Universities at Shady Grove, has been named one of two senior fellows for generative AI pedagogy at the William...
Posted: June 25, 2025, 10:34 AM
Magaly Lizama Hernandez ’26, a burgeoning public servant, receives the inaugural Bernard L. Berkowitz Memorial Award, honoring service to Baltimore City
Growing up in Bronx, New York, almost a century ago, Bernard “Bernie” L. Berkowitz, a first-generation son of Hungarian immigrants, may not have realized then that his life would take him beyond...
Posted: June 18, 2025, 3:34 PM
Lexi Kay ’25—A therapist acting on her dream to help others
While Lexi Kay ’25, psychology, may have a flair for the dramatics when she’s acting, she’s taking her talents offstage and implementing them into what will become her life’s work as a therapist....
Posted: May 19, 2025, 11:30 AM
Oyinlola Oluka ’25, political science and philosophy, sees no limits for herself
For Oyinlola Oluka, political science and philosophy, doing the right thing is not just a mantra but a career path. A law school hopeful since middle school, Oluka, a first-generation Nigerian...
Posted: May 15, 2025, 10:43 AM
Public law for public good
On a fall Saturday morning, Mohammad Arshad, an information systems senior, greeted clients arriving at the Erickson School of Aging Studies looking for a fresh start with the help of UMBC’s first...
Posted: May 14, 2025, 2:48 PM
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