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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 students win top prize at Maryland Cyber Challenge

Busy teams of students clustered around laptops in a room overlooking Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Tuesday, focused on solving as many challenges as possible during a “capture-the-flag” style...

Posted: October 11, 2018, 4:51 PM

30th UMBC Alumni Awards celebrate leadership, service, and community

UMBC community members from the university’s first class to today kicked off Homecoming 2018 on October 4 with a celebration of UMBC Alumni Award winners. Held in the Earl and Danielle Linehan...

Posted: October 8, 2018, 7:40 PM

National Security Agency highlights strong partnership with UMBC through Featured School campaign

Over the past two decades, UMBC and the National Security Agency (NSA) have developed a strong relationship, which has led to research, internship, and career opportunities for faculty, students,...

Posted: September 4, 2018, 2:51 PM

UMBC offers a national model for cyber workforce development, says new report

Cybersecurity is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States and a recent Business-Higher Education Forum report calls Maryland the “epicenter of national cybersecurity.” The...

Posted: June 21, 2018, 2:40 PM

New UMBC initiative celebrates exceptional faculty dedication to teaching and scholarship

UMBC’s Office of the Provost has launched a university-wide initiative to celebrate faculty who go above and beyond as educators, scholars, and leaders on campus and in their fields. This...

Posted: June 21, 2018, 2:28 PM

UMBC health justice research forum focuses on the value of community voices

How does unequal access to health care affect the lives and experiences of people from different communities across Baltimore and the nation? UMBC’s Public Humanities and Health Justice Research...

Posted: June 6, 2018, 7:11 PM

UMBC student and alumna selected to attend Nobel laureate meetings in Germany

A UMBC Ph.D. student and an alumna have been selected to participate in this year’s international Nobel laureate forums, which connect top student engineers and scientists from universities around...

Posted: May 30, 2018, 4:22 PM

New test to rapidly diagnose sepsis comes out on top in UMBC’s Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition

Six finalists pitched creative business ideas to a panel of judges during UMBC’s fifth annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition (CBIC), held on April 25, 2018 in the new UMBC Event...

Posted: May 24, 2018, 6:37 PM

UMBC’s Nirmalya Roy receives NSF CAREER Award to advance smart home and wearable technologies

UMBC’s Nirmalya Roy, assistant professor of information systems, has received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance his research on smart home...

Posted: April 26, 2018, 2:17 PM

UMBC students ready to share passion for discovery, expression at URCAD 2018

UMBC expects over 350 presenters and 2,500 guests to attend Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day on April 25, making URCAD 2018 the largest in the event’s 22-year history. The...

Posted: April 20, 2018, 5:34 PM

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