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UMBC Magazine: See The Challenge, Be The Change

Written by Megan Hanks Mastrola Modeled after a national program, UMBC’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program was established in the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) in Fall 2016. Over the past six years, the program has expanded, drawing together students from various disciplines to address major challenges that the world is facing. Ranging from engineering better medicines and securing cyberspace…

Posted: July 11, 2022

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UMBC’s CIDER program supports new Hilltop Institute-led Medicaid study, other cross-collaborative projects

UMBC researchers are collaborating on a study that takes a closer look at specific diagnosis coding patterns that focus on societal factors that potentially influence the health of Maryland’s...

Posted: May 2, 2025, 3:04 PM

Deporting international students risks making the US a less attractive destination, putting its economic engine at risk

Written by David L. Di Maria, vice provost for Global Engagement, UMBC In early April 2025, the Trump administration terminated the immigration statuses of thousands of international students...

Posted: May 1, 2025, 12:53 PM

Coming full circle on musical pathways—UMBC students now teach at the programs that launched their success

All musicians start out as absolute beginners. Some might progress as self-taught, others might have private music lessons, and many will pick up their first instrument in school. But without a...

Posted: April 29, 2025, 2:51 PM

Ada Glaser ’25—An emerging social worker with a passion for youth development

Ada Glaser ’25, social work and individualized study (INDS), is following in her mother’s footsteps with career pursuits in social work. Growing up, Glaser’s family supported children who were...

Posted: April 29, 2025, 11:40 AM

Kelley Bell, M.F.A ’06, brings a sense of play to the BMA with “Fantastic Village”

When associate professor of visual arts Kelley Bell thinks back to her childhood growing up in the Capitol Hill area of Washington, D.C., she recalls fond memories of playing in her neighborhood...

Posted: April 25, 2025, 2:21 PM

Gathering a humanities research tool kit to understand a fascinating world

Sean Silverman began his UMBC journey as a computer science major. After taking several programming classes in high school, he was ready to pursue a career in data science while also enrolling in...

Posted: April 15, 2025, 4:34 PM

From pulpits to protest, the surprising history of the phrase ‘pride and prejudice’

Written by Margie Burns, assistant teaching professor of English, UMBC Most readers hear “pride and prejudice” and immediately think of Jane Austen’s most famous novel, that salty-sweet...

Posted: April 14, 2025, 10:56 AM

Top 5 ways URCAD is a uniquely UMBC experience

UMBC’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) is returning for its 29th year on April 16. For nearly three decades, the annual showcase highlights the research, scholarship,...

Posted: April 9, 2025, 3:16 PM

UMBC’s Virtual Tandem Conversation project with German universities is changing the way students see Germany and the U.S.

During a recent trip to Normandy, France, UMBC student Rebecca Smith hopped over to Lüneburg, a historic town in northern Germany, to visit Gertrud Krause-Traudes, her partner in UMBC’s Virtual...

Posted: April 1, 2025, 11:26 AM

Meet a Retriever—Cierra K. Reeves found her perfect niche in psychology and aging services

Cierra K. Reeves knew there was a wide world of careers she could pursue with a psychology degree, but it took some prayer, a conversation with her mother, and a chat with her advisor before she...

Posted: February 27, 2025, 9:49 AM

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