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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Aspiring actors and videographers often yearn to be discovered. But three recent UMBC students and alumni aren’t waiting around for a big break. They’ve made their own success by collaborating on...
Posted: August 6, 2011, 6:54 PM
The tough-minded attitude that pitcher Jay Witasick ’93, learned on the way to the major leagues served him well during a 12-year career there – and informs his work these days with TWC Sports...
Posted: August 6, 2011, 6:50 PM
Sometimes a small act of kindness can lead to big results. One year into her undergraduate education, Kara Freeman ’91, engineering and information technology, was doing well at UMBC....
Posted: August 6, 2011, 6:36 PM
How does a student 1,500 miles from home cope when disaster strikes? How does he offer help and hope across an ocean? Huguens Jean ’12, Ph.D., electrical engineering, flew to Haiti in March 2010...
Posted: August 6, 2011, 6:27 PM
On May 23, UMBC’s alumni community grew by more than 2000 members at the university’s 41st annual spring commencement ceremonies. UMBC Magazine would like to introduce you to four graduates who...
Posted: August 6, 2011, 6:06 PM
UMBC’s Department of Theatre takes center stage at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – and extends the university’s impressive legacy in college theatre’s biggest annual festival....
Posted: August 1, 2011, 6:00 PM
A story in today’s Baltimore Sun reports that freelance journalist Matthew Van Dyke ’02, political science, is being held in a prison in Tripoli, but that he is in good health. Read the full...
Posted: July 21, 2011, 3:42 PM
Pamela Meister ’08, M.P.P., has been appointed as the next Harford County Council administrator. Meister most recently served as the associate executive director at the Baltimore Jewish Council...
Posted: July 18, 2011, 12:51 PM
The UMBC Alumni Association is pleased to offer scholarships to outstanding current UMBC undergraduate students. This year, the Alumni Association was proud to award scholarships to four deserving...
Posted: July 7, 2011, 5:42 PM
Celebrating our alums! From left, Jackie Hrabowski, Eduardo Gonzalez ’06, Aaron Merki ’05, Alicia Wilson ’04, Susan Emfinger, and Dr. Art Johnson In The Daily Record‘s inaugural year of...
Posted: July 7, 2011, 5:38 PM