COEIT News Archive

Artists, scientists, and social change agents from across UMBC presented the third annual GRIT-X talks on October 13, sharing their ideas and perspectives on stage in UMBC’s Dance Cube. “All our...

Gloria Chuku, chair and professor of Africana studies, and affiliate professor of both gender and women’s studies and language, literacy, and culture, has received the 2017 Ali Mazrui Award for...

UMBC’s Legends of Excellence Awards Brunch, sponsored by the Chapter of Black and Latino Alumni every five years, recently honored four awardees who have played instrumental roles in the success...

Natacha Ngea B.S., Computer Engineering Hometown: Yaounde, Cameroon Plans: Software engineer, Harris Corporation I have had multiple mentors and coaches at UMBC. Their support and feedback...

The UMBC community welcomed U.S. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden to campus on April 13, 2017 for a conversation on her new role heading the oldest federal cultural institution in the nation....

In the days following last week’s election, the UMBC community has come together in a series of events to reflect on the election results through discussions grounded in social science and...

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum, in partnership with UMBC’s Department of Africana Studies, will host postdoctoral fellow and instructor Iyelli Ichile during the upcoming year. As part of the...

For eighteen students at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly), the spring semester provided an opportunity to delve into high-level academic research and offered an early glimpse into life as a...

Nationwide, just 4 percent of full-time professors are black and 3 percent are Hispanic. What will it take to move the dial on the representation of diverse faculty at U.S. colleges and...

Tyson King-Meadows, chair of Africana studies and associate professor of political science, has been appointed associate dean of UMBC’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS),...