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UMBC awarded $1 million in grants from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation to support promising STEM students with financial need
UMBC has been awarded $1 million in grants from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation to support students with financial need who intend to pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering, and...
Posted: June 20, 2023, 9:59 AM
Meet a Retriever—Xavier Smith ’23, M31, computer engineering, scholar and mentor
Meet Xavier Smith, a senior computer engineering student who is heading to MIT next year to pursue his dreams of earning a Ph.D. and starting a biotech company. As a part of UMBC’s Meyerhoff...
Posted: April 3, 2023, 10:29 AM
Path to Success: Psychiatrist Chinedu Varma ’04, M12, serves Retrievers at UMBC Counseling Center
When asked what kind of advice she has for first-year students as an alumna, Chinedu Onyedike Varma ’04, M12, interdisciplinary studies, has a simple answer: find your passion, get involved, and...
Posted: November 7, 2017, 7:32 PM
Alumni Awards 2017: Kafui Dzirasa ’01, M8, Chemical Engineering
In the weeks leading up to the Alumni Awards Ceremony, we’ll be profiling each honoree in more detail here on our blog. Today, meet Kafui Dzirasa ’01, M8, chemical engineering, associate professor...
Posted: September 25, 2017, 1:30 PM
Alumni Take Flight with Robo Raven III
Man has long envied the avian ability of flight. Wings offer the opportunity for flight, yes, but also for exploration and a different point of view. Now, three UMBC alumni are working to borrow...
Posted: March 17, 2014, 2:14 PM
GE Innovator: Brian Wayman '99, MechEng
Mechanical engineering major Brian Wayman ’99 is using the skills he learned at UMBC and at Georgia Tech (MS, Ph.D.) to improve the lives of premature babies. A mechanical engineer at GE...
Posted: March 16, 2011, 7:15 PM
Benyam Kinde ’10, Biological Sciences, Named Gilliam Fellow
Benyam Kinde ’10, biological sciences, is one of 10 students in 2011 to be named a Gilliam Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Kinde, who was UMBC’s 2010 valedictorian and a...
Posted: March 14, 2011, 3:16 PM
Bioengineering and Blitzing: Brooke Coley '03
Brooke Coley ’03, chemical engineering, remembers it as a dream play for a football defense. Two defenders burst through the offensive line just moments after the snap, trapping the quarterback...
Posted: November 11, 2010, 7:29 PM
Bioengineering and Blitzing: Brooke Coley ’03
Brooke Coley ’03, chemical engineering, remembers it as a dream play for a football defense. Two defenders burst through the offensive line just moments after the snap, trapping the quarterback...
Posted: November 11, 2010, 7:29 PM
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