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The Rocky Yet Rewarding Road of Graduate Research
One Halloween evening, a young Amanda Belunis watched her dad arrange dry ice in the kitchen sink. Belunis and her brother thought the chilling fog spilling from the countertop was awesome. Now a...
Posted: August 9, 2021, 6:49 PM
Graduating with gratitude: UMBC welcomes a new class of alumni
Persistent. Innovative. Determined. These are the words UMBC’s commencement speakers returned to again and again to describe the Class of 2021. And despite a year of challenges—missing family and...
Posted: May 24, 2021, 4:54 PM
UMBC’s newest grads leave a legacy of advocacy, inclusion, and support for fellow students
On the back of every UMBC black and gold ID card is a guide to essential emergency resources, including numbers for health, counseling, sexual assault, and suicide prevention helplines. The new...
Posted: May 18, 2021, 8:41 PM
TEDxUMBC brings community together through “Unmasking Uncertainty”
This fall, the student-organized TEDxUMBC gave ten speakers the opportunity to share their stories, experiences, and expertise with the world. Surprisingly, the theme, “Unmasking Uncertainty,” was...
Posted: December 9, 2020, 4:47 PM
Alumna Leads Team to Breakthrough Coronavirus Vaccine Results
Clinical trials seeking a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 are galloping forward around the world, and Kizzmekia Corbett and Barney Graham’s research team at the National Institute of Allergy and...
Posted: August 6, 2020, 6:03 PM
Three UMBC student researchers receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
Three UMBC students have been named Barry Goldwater Scholars for the 2020 – 2021 academic year, earning one of the most prestigious scholarships available to U.S. undergraduates. This is the...
Posted: March 30, 2020, 5:35 PM
UMBC Alumnae Racing to Develop Coronavirus Vaccine
Kizzmekia Corbett ’08, M16, biological sciences, says it feels like she’s “living in a constant adrenaline rush.” Maybe that’s because she and her team at the Vaccine Research Center at the...
Posted: March 2, 2020, 10:41 PM
Sharing a Love of Green Chemistry – Ram Mohan, Ph.D. ’92
According to recent statistics, approximately 6,000 people in the United States apply for Fulbright awards yearly. Fewer than 800 are awarded and rarely does one person win two. Nevertheless,...
Posted: February 24, 2020, 2:28 PM
The Driving Force of Chemistry
In a chemical engineering lab, students huddle around a bench layering aluminum foil and steel wool together to build a battery. Another group pipettes solutions into a pressure vessel to test...
Posted: November 21, 2019, 2:46 PM
A Doctor’s Dilemma
Decentering whiteness while working as a doctor abroad has made alumnus Matthew Loftus examine his medical methods and motivations again and again. If you’re a foreign doctor practicing in an...
Posted: October 9, 2019, 6:19 PM
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