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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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From UMBC News and Magazine

A fiscal crisis is looming for many US cities

Written by John Rennie Short, professor emeritus of public policy, UMBC Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. cities are still adjusting to a new normal, with more...

Posted: February 20, 2025, 11:02 AM

Academic Minute: Centering the voices of Black farmers

As a community, farmers in the United States often face challenges that are out of their control, such as drought, livestock disease, and global pandemics like COVID-19. For Black farmers, says...

Posted: August 6, 2024, 4:13 PM

Meet a Retriever — Phil Shockley ’04, M.P.P. ’09

Meet UMBC Retriever Phil Shockley ’04, political science and information systems, M.P.P. ’09. As an undergraduate, he was Student Government Association president and took part in leadership roles...

Posted: November 17, 2022, 3:38 PM