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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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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

Janerra Allen, Ph.D. ’25: A first-generation engineering college grad uplifts fellow students

Janerra Allen, Ph.D. ’25, electrical engineering, studies electrical signals in the brain, looking for patterns that might help doctors diagnose or treat mental disorders such as schizophrenia. As...

Posted: April 30, 2025, 11:13 AM

Popular AIs head-to-head: OpenAI beats DeepSeek on sentence-level reasoning

Written by Manas Gaur, assistant professor in computer science and electrical engineering, UMBC ChatGPT and other AI chatbots based on large language models are known to occasionally make...

Posted: April 25, 2025, 2:56 PM

VanBriesen named new dean for UMBC’s College of Engineering and Information Technology

The following message was shared with the UMBC community on April 21 to announce the naming of a new dean for the College of Engineering and Information Technology: * * * * * Dear UMBC...

Posted: April 22, 2025, 1:30 PM

Randi Williams ’16: AI technologist and education advocate headlines 2025 URCAD

Williams and a Jibo robot show some UMBC pride. (Photo courtesy of Williams) As a senior in high school in Prince George’s County, Maryland, Randi Williams ’16, computer engineering, was...

Posted: April 11, 2025, 2:34 PM

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

Students partner with Baltimore community members to measure ‘forever chemicals’ in local waters

On a sunny and unseasonably warm Halloween this past fall, a group of costumed UMBC students strolled the banks of the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. The costumes were in good fun, but the spirit...

Posted: April 2, 2025, 9:53 AM

UMBC team leads research into AI tools that can assess the feasibility of scientific claims

A multidisciplinary team of UMBC researchers was recently awarded $3.8 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop new computational methods for assessing the...

Posted: April 1, 2025, 12:31 PM

TowerCares Foundation makes $300,000 commitment to support UMBC cybersecurity students

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...

Posted: March 25, 2025, 11:10 AM

Students celebrate Engineering and Computing Week with fun and networking

Where can UMBC engineering and computing students mingle with friends and mentors over sweet treats, test their knowledge and design skills in friendly competition, and network with potential...

Posted: February 28, 2025, 2:24 PM

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