Center for Women in Technology News

The TowerCares Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Laurel, Maryland-based Tower Federal Credit Union, has partnered with UMBC’s Cybersecurity Institute to create a new scholarship fund for...

In the early 20th century, as physicists explored the tiny world of atoms, they noticed some perplexing things: Energy transferred only in chunks; particles that also acted like waves; mysterious...

Over two weeks at the end of January, six UMBC faculty woke up early to deliver lectures and lead workshops with students more than 9,000 miles away, in the small Asian nation of Brunei, located...

Kayla Tomas ‘23, information systems, maintained a challenging schedule during her undergraduate years. There were days she rose early, studied, and attended classes in the morning and afternoon,...

Performers of the music piece “Corporel,” by the French-Slovenian composer Vinko Globokar, must use their own body as a percussion instrument. They beat, scratch, smack, and tap themselves. They...

Kayla Tomas Degrees: B.S., Information Systems Hometown: Silver Spring, MD Post-grad plans: Cybersecurity Consultant for KPMG Kayla Tomas cites UMBC’s Center for Women in Technology...

Sianna Serio Degrees: B.S., Computer Science Hometown: Bel Air, MD Post-grad plans: Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in Slovakia One of Sianna Serio’s most memorable UMBC...

Sianna Serio Degrees: B.S., Computer Science Hometown: Bel Air, MD Post-grad plans: Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in Slovakia One of Sianna Serio’s most memorable UMBC...

On a Friday afternoon in late February, two students hoisted a pair of oversized scissors and cut the ribbon for the space housing one of UMBC’s newest tutoring programs: the Computing Success...

Meet Anthony Rivera, a senior information systems (IS) major and a first-generation college student. When he’s not working on research related to improving equity for Medicaid recipients, you can...