COEIT News Archive

UMBC’s College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences will receive $5.6 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health to fund the Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student...

The six 2022 honorary degree recipients speaking at UMBC’s commencement ceremonies next week have a lot in common. They are each doing amazing things in their respective fields. And they also all...

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...

For the third consecutive season, UMBC softball reigns as the America East champions. Sweeping all three tournament games, the Retrievers held their opponents scoreless becoming the first team in...

Diane Stonestreet Degree: B.S., Mechanical Engineering Minor: Mathematics Hometown: Mount Airy, MD Plans: Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Cornell University “The mentors I have...

Gabby Khan Degree: B.S., Computer Science (Game Development track) Hometown: Olney, MD Plans: Computer scientist, T. Rowe Price “I see how much drive and passion students have, and it...

Chetan Desai Degree: M.P.S., Data Science Hometown: Karnataka, Kalaburagi, India Plans: Entrepreneur in sports data science “It wasn’t easy at first to be far from my home country and...

Arjun Trivedi Degree: B.S., Mechanical Engineering Hometown: Laurel, MD Plans: Maritime robotics position, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab “I’m an advocate for people in...

Bryan Castillo Degree: B.A., Business Technology Administration Hometown: Columbia, MD Plans: Working at the intersection of arts and tech “There’s a really good support system at UMBC...

Priscila de Almeida Feitosa Degree: B.S., Computer Science Hometown: São Paulo, Brazil Plans: Software engineer for Amazon “On campus, I never felt different. I never felt nervous when...