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Before 3 amputations, Chandra Smith was already an accessibility-for-all advocate
By Jessie Newburn It’s 4 a.m. on a Wednesday—earlier than most people rise, though a preference for Chandra Smith, M.S. ’21, information systems. After saying her daily devotion, she begins...
Posted: January 10, 2024, 4:06 PM
Meet a Retriever—Jennifer Herson ’99, Alumni Association Vice President
Meet Jennifer Herson ’99, interdisciplinary studies. Jen is an executive at Data Canopy, a data center and cloud company, and the current Vice President of Operations of the UMBC Alumni...
Posted: January 5, 2024, 10:11 AM
UMBC researchers clarify role of SMYD3 enzyme in prostate cancer progression
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men other than skin cancer, with more than 288,000 new cases diagnosed every year, according to the American Cancer Society. The disease’s fatality...
Posted: December 21, 2023, 10:20 AM
Building the bonfire from scratch
At UMBC, we’re still young enough to be making traditions. Meet Thomas Locastro, biological sciences alumnus, who knew from day one on campus in 2003 that he wanted to leave behind a lasting...
Posted: December 18, 2023, 9:58 AM
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
Three sisters—all alums—share their family’s recipes for food and comfort
Aimee, Jamie, and Gina Joshua have a lot in common. All three went to UMBC as members of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. And the sisters all have great memories of growing up in a house filled...
Posted: December 7, 2023, 4:32 PM
The man behind the camera
When LeBron James comes calling, you answer the phone. Philip Knowlton ’03, visual arts, knows this better than most. The NBA legend doesn’t have the UMBC alum in his contacts because...
Posted: December 4, 2023, 10:03 AM
Meet a Retriever—Brian Frazee ’11, M.P.P. ’12, Alumni Association President
Meet Brian Frazee, the president and CEO of the Delaware Hospital Association. Brian is a double alum—earning his political science degree in 2011 and his M.P.P. in health policy in 2012—a former...
Posted: November 15, 2023, 2:56 PM
The long shot—4-time Olympian Cleopatra Borel ’02 inducted to Athletics Hall of Fame
Cleopatra Borel had no athletic aspirations when she arrived in Baltimore from Trinidad and Tobago in 1997. She enrolled at what was then Coppin State College on the advice of her high school math...
Posted: November 14, 2023, 3:11 PM
Meet a Retriever—Brian Souders, Ph.D., globetrotter and study abroad champion
Currently, Brian Souders is the associate director for global learning in the Center for Global Engagement at UMBC. But Brian, who came to UMBC in 2000 to be the university’s inaugural study...
Posted: November 10, 2023, 3:40 PM
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