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One-on-one: A conversation about UMBC’s global community
Praise Lasekan ‘25 checked off two major items from his to-do list this academic year: he traveled over 6,000 miles from Nigeria to the U.S. for the first time and he became a Retriever....
Posted: February 18, 2022, 6:29 PM
Pres. Hrabowski elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering
Today, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced the election of UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III as a member. This prestigious honor recognizes Pres. Hrabowski’s leadership in...
Posted: February 9, 2022, 7:27 PM
UMBC ascends to the nation’s highest level as a research university
UMBC has officially reached the nation’s highest level of research performance. The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education today announced that UMBC has been placed into the...
Posted: February 2, 2022, 9:42 PM
UMBC’s Mohamed Younis earns IEEE Fellow distinction as a leader in wireless network research
UMBC’s Mohamed Younis has long been known as an innovator in wireless communications and networks, addressing complex protocol and security challenges. Now, he is one of the newest fellows of the...
Posted: February 1, 2022, 3:24 PM
UMBC’s Fernando Tormos-Aponte is named an Early Career Faculty Innovator for research on energy inequality
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has named Fernando Tormos-Aponte, assistant professor of public policy and political science, an Early Career Faculty Innovator–one of 12 across...
Posted: December 15, 2021, 5:36 PM
UMBC Marshall Scholar Joshua Slaughter seeks to advance equity in personalized medicine
Joshua Slaughter ‘22, M30, has received the Marshall Scholarship, becoming the second student in UMBC history and the first in 29 years to be selected for the prestigious award. Slaughter is one...
Posted: December 13, 2021, 3:03 PM
UMBC’s Marjoleine Kars receives the Cundill History Prize and Frederick Douglass Book Prize for “Blood on the River”
Marjoleine Kars, professor of history, has received the Cundill History Prize and the Frederick Douglass Book Prize for her acclaimed book Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on...
Posted: December 7, 2021, 7:03 PM
Women leaders from UMBC, Morgan State, and UMD receive $3M Mellon grant to diversify senior leadership in higher ed
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has granted UMBC, Morgan State University, and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) $3 million to launch Breaking the M.O.L.D. (Mellon/Maryland...
Posted: November 18, 2021, 2:00 PM
NASA awards $72 million for new UMBC-led Earth science research partnership
NASA has announced a major award of $72 million over three years for the new Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) II center. UMBC serves as the lead for a national consortium...
Posted: October 28, 2021, 6:45 PM
UMBC’s Yonathan Zohar to lead $10 million partnership to scale land-based salmon aquaculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $10 million, the maximum allowable amount, to a set of projects, led by UMBC’s Yonathan Zohar, targeted to solve specific aquaculture...
Posted: October 7, 2021, 2:04 PM
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