Engineering and Computing Education Program News

From Cameroon to Baltimore City, Alberta Ndille’s worldview has inspired her hands-on approach to understanding the underlying causes of health and social disparities. Throughout her time at UMBC,...

Amy Caballero graduated from UMBC 2022 with her bachelor’s degree in social work. She stayed on at the Shady Grove campus to complete her master’s in social work from the University of Maryland,...

For most people, obtaining a Ph.D. is a means to an end—authorship, professorship, a career destination. For Charlotte Keniston, it’s about the journey as a lifelong learner. After joining UMBC as...

Written by Farah Nibbs, assistant professor of emergency and disaster health systems at UMBC. In the popular imagination, the Caribbean is paradise, an exotic place to escape to. But behind...

As Charles “Chuck” Peake celebrated his 90th birthday late one December evening in 2022, a contingent of middle-aged investors, bankers, and academics—Retriever alumni of various decades—were...

Written by Lindsay DiCuirci, associate professor of English at UMBC. Between Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, drivers pass a billboard on Interstate 71 that has achieved some internet fame....

Neurodiversity inclusion and representation have been at the forefront of Michael Canale’s 20-year career in the disability services and education field. Canale, M.A. ’24, intercultural...

Written by Eric Stokan, assistant professor of political science at UMBC; Aaron Deslatte, assistant professor of public administration at Indiana University, and Michael Overton, associate...

Ryan Bloom, senior lecturer in English, has received the 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship for translation to work on the first complete edition of the French-Algerian author Albert Camus’s notebooks,...

Meet Camilla Sandoval ’17, history, M.A. ’19, historical studies, a first-generation student who spent part of her time on each of UMBC’s campuses before graduating and putting her studies to...