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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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Touched by a Nobel: Phillip Fitzgerald '11

It’s not often one gets to meet a Nobel prize winner. But here’s our very own recent salutatorian, Phillip Fitzgerald ’11, biochemistry and molecular biology, rubbing elbows with Ei-ichi Negishi,...

Posted: July 5, 2011, 2:00 PM

Where the Choices are Endless: Seth Sawyers '99, History

Growing up in rural western Maryland, history alumnus Seth Sawyers ’99 couldn’t possibly have known what was in store for him — or how his world would expand — as a student at UMBC. Now a writing...

Posted: June 22, 2011, 6:19 PM

Jordan Hadfield '07, '08 on Fatherhood in Dundalk Patch

Jordan as a child with his father, Ken. Expectant father, UMBC alumnus and UMBC development office Jordan Hadfield ’07, ’08, shares memories of his father, Ken Hadfield, Jr., in an essay in the...

Posted: June 21, 2011, 12:56 PM

Bob Mumma '94, Econ, Named New Head Baseball Coach

UMBC has named 1994 economics alumnus Bob Mumma the new head coach for baseball. Mumma, who was drafted by the White Sox following his graduation from UMBC, has served as assistant coach to the...

Posted: June 6, 2011, 6:50 PM

Gib Mason '95 to teach entrepreneurship course at UMBC

Via the Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship: In the spirit of entrepreneurship itself, the Alex. Brown Center is pleased to announce a new minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation this...

Posted: June 2, 2011, 1:39 PM

Alumni Documentary Wins Film Festival

“Lift Up,” a new documentary on post-quake Haiti co-directed by Huguens Jean ’12, Ph.D., electrical engineering, and Phillip Knowlton ’03, visual arts, will have its film festival premiere this...

Posted: June 1, 2011, 7:30 PM

Family of Alumnus Missing in Libya Seeks Help of Congress

The family of missing UMBC alumnus Matthew Van Dyke ’02, political science, has sought the aid of Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger in raising the profile of his case. Van Dyke, 31, who has not been...

Posted: May 24, 2011, 2:13 PM