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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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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

UMBC delegates build international connections at prestigious science and technology conference in India

A six-person UMBC team built international connections at the “PIWOT – World of Technology” conference, held in late January in Mumbai, India. The conference is organized by the alumni association...

Posted: February 20, 2025, 10:37 AM

UMBC leverages interdisciplinary expertise to launch Quantum Science Institute

UMBC has received $1.5 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to organize a new UMBC Quantum Science Institute. The funding will support graduate fellowships for students...

Posted: February 12, 2025, 3:54 PM

U.S. News ranks UMBC’s online master’s in information systems among best in the nation

U.S. News and World Report has recognized UMBC’s online master’s degree in information systems as #32 on their national list of 2025 Best Online Master’s in Information Technology Programs. The...

Posted: January 21, 2025, 11:39 AM

Foad Hamidi launches new projects to expand technology-rich learning opportunities for youth in Baltimore

Foad Hamidi (Image credit: Research Graphics at UMBC) Foad Hamidi, an assistant professor in the Department of Information Systems, has won funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF)...

Posted: December 17, 2024, 3:29 PM

Creativity in the C-suite

As Kent Malwitz ’92, information systems, moved up through the world of technology leadership, he kept wondering if an MBA was in the cards. But what he found ultimately most useful and...

Posted: December 4, 2024, 4:52 PM

Striving for more efficient and equitable healthcare: Ian Stockwell wins major NIH grant

Ian Stockwell ’03, information systems and financial economics, M.A. ’06, economic policy analysis, and Ph.D. ’14, public policy, has spent his 20-plus-year career analyzing healthcare operations....

Posted: November 12, 2024, 1:03 PM

Preparing students for a quantum tomorrow: Lei Zhang brings futuristic computing concepts into the classroom

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...

Posted: October 3, 2024, 9:24 AM

Leah Narat ’24 lands elite NASA internship in business intelligence

NASA holds a special place in the public’s imagination. The federal space agency has delivered astronauts to the moon, collected breathtaking images of the cosmos with space telescopes, explored...

Posted: August 8, 2024, 3:29 PM

Karen Chen wins NSF CAREER award to build tools to empower students with data

When Karen Chen’s now teenage son was in third grade, he would complain that math homework was “boring.” Chen wanted to change his perspective. She presented him with extracurricular math problems...

Posted: July 17, 2024, 2:43 PM

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