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Letitia Dzirasa to serve as Baltimore City health commissioner
Letitia Dzirasa ’03, M11, biological sciences, has been appointed by Mayor Catherine Pugh to serve as Baltimore’s next health commissioner. She will be the city’s first African American woman in...
Posted: February 25, 2019, 2:03 PM
UMBC’s Ivan Erill finds resistance to modern drug in ancient bacteria
“The drug you design ten years from now may already be obsolete,” Ivan Erill says. In a new study in Frontiers in Microbiology, Erill and colleagues describe how bacteria that existed hundreds of...
Posted: January 30, 2019, 8:47 PM
UMBC biologist Phyllis Robinson recognized for research, advocacy, and mentorship
UMBC has named Phyllis Robinson, professor of biological sciences, the Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Chair of Biological Sciences. The three-year appointment honors Robinson for her exceptional...
Posted: January 28, 2019, 8:43 PM
UMBC places 10th at Pan-Am Team Chess Championship
UMBC Chess finished tenth overall at the 2018 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, held in San Francisco, California, December 27 – 30. The UMBC Chess A team finished in 10th...
Posted: January 2, 2019, 9:34 PM
Grit and community support help UMBC grads envision—and claim—their futures
Each UMBC student has a unique journey, including challenges to tackle with tenacity, courage, and grit. For many of UMBC’s newest grads, a culture of community support has made all the...
Posted: December 19, 2018, 8:13 PM
Faculty receive START and SURFF awards to pursue new research and creative work
UMBC’s Office of the Vice President for Research recently presented awards to support the work of two dozen UMBC faculty examining topics from health disparities among people with diabetes to...
Posted: December 18, 2018, 8:22 PM
From lab to museum, new UMBC grads show the powerful impact of original research
“I just had this feeling that there had to be more to this story,” says Nicolle “Niki” Konkel ’18, on the striking lack of women in her art history textbooks. So, with the support of faculty...
Posted: December 18, 2018, 8:14 PM
UMBC’s newest grads leave a legacy of community-building and support
Hulon Morgan ’18, graduating from UMBC this month with a degree in psychology, remembers growing up seeing his mother’s commitment to helping her congregation. He learned how to reach behind him,...
Posted: December 17, 2018, 8:13 PM
Student entrepreneurs share fresh perspectives at UMBC’s 9th annual Idea Competition
UMBC’s Idea Competition offers students from all fields an opportunity to present business ideas to a panel of expert judges and receive immediate feedback on moving from vision to reality. The...
Posted: December 5, 2018, 8:34 PM
Meet UMBC’s Linda Wiratan, Rhodes Scholar finalist
UMBC is celebrating the Rhodes Trust’s recognition of Linda Wiratan ’19, biochemistry and molecular biology, as a Rhodes Scholar finalist. This honor comes just one year after Naomi Mburu ’18,...
Posted: November 19, 2018, 6:39 PM
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