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Mark Benesch catalyzes UMBC’s partnership with drug maker AstraZeneca
Mark Benesch and other AstraZeneca recruiters talk with students at the UMBC Career Fair in September. (Photo courtesy of Miriam Friedman) On a recent Wednesday in September, thousands of...
Posted: October 13, 2025, 12:10 PM
Emily Brown ’14, M.S. ’14, shares the importance of community for women in technology
As a high schooler, Emily Brown ’14, M.S. ’14, computer science, dreamed of a future in STEM. Searching for a community to support her aspirations, she found the Center for Women and Technology at...
Posted: October 8, 2025, 11:25 AM
Jacqueline Smith ’06, cancer drug researcher and role model for Black chemists
At a young age, Jacqueline Smith ’06, chemistry, already knew what she wanted to study in college. What she wasn’t quite sure about was where that would take her. She interned at several different...
Posted: October 8, 2025, 10:34 AM
Meet Jacqueline Smith ’06, cancer drug researcher and role model for Black chemists
At a young age, Jacqueline Smith ’06, chemistry, already knew what she wanted to study in college. What she wasn’t quite sure about was where that would take her. She interned at several different...
Posted: October 8, 2025, 10:34 AM
Meet a Retriever—Meagan Wade ’13, goes above and beyond to make students feel welcome and engaged
Meet Meagan Wade ’13, psychology, the program coordinator for the Department of Information Systems. Part of Meagan’s job is planning professional development and social events for IS students....
Posted: October 7, 2025, 10:39 AM
Meet a Retriever—Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman ’19, award-winning researcher and writer
Meet Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman ’19, mathematics with a minor in economics. Anna is an award-winning Ghanaian American researcher and writer and a doctoral student studying public policy and...
Posted: September 17, 2025, 2:17 PM
A giant among mantis shrimp: Tom Cronin’s outsized legacy of mentorship ripples outward in visual ecology and beyond
Every biological sciences graduate student at UMBC knows “the face”—Tom Cronin’s signature scowl, which, contrary to appearances, signals rapt attention rather than disapproval. At a day-long...
Posted: September 12, 2025, 12:23 PM
Meet a Retriever—Anita Das ’83, M.S. ’87, mostly-retired medical researcher and planned giving donor
Meet Anita Das ’83, M.S. ’87. Anita is a mostly-retired medical researcher specializing in infectious diseases and a UMBC planned giving donor. She still consults with biotech companies as a...
Posted: September 10, 2025, 1:17 PM
UMBC and Building STEPs partner to help Baltimore City high school students reach their potential in STEM
Boing! Bouncy balls strike the hallway floor as small groups of students measure bounce heights with a meterstick and record data. They repeat the test in a carpeted classroom, then analyze...
Posted: August 1, 2025, 12:07 PM
Meet a Retriever—Dann Malihom ’10, M.A. ’16, UMBC staff member, sociology faculty, and Alumni Association board member
Meet Dann Malihom ’10, M.A. ’16. Dann has spent most of his adult life at UMBC. He is a double alum (with plans to be a triple alum one day), earning both his degrees in sociology. He is a UMBC...
Posted: August 1, 2025, 9:23 AM
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