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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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Devin Hagerty, Political Science, Op-Ed in Inside Higher Ed

This fall marks the first semester of the global studies major, an interdisciplinary program that integrates courses in 12 departments and trains students to develop research, critical thinking,...

Posted: November 12, 2013, 6:59 PM

Lia Purpura, English, in The New Yorker

English Department Writer in Residence Lia Purpura is featured in the latest edition of The New Yorker. The magazine published her poem “Future Perfect” in its November 18th edition. You can read...

Posted: November 12, 2013, 4:21 PM

John Rennie Short, Public Policy, on KCBS News Radio

The start of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia is just three months away, and the deadline to apply to host the 2022 Winter Olympics is Thursday. John Rennie Short, professor of...

Posted: November 11, 2013, 4:18 PM

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in The Baltimore Sun

Election-year calls for tax cuts in Maryland have triggered several campaigns to ensure they are kept. Many advocates of environmental, health and social service programs have formed focus groups...

Posted: November 11, 2013, 3:41 PM

Faculty and Alumni of Umbilicus Perform at The Parlor

The percussion quartet Umbilicus, featuring Tom Goldstein, music, Shelly Purdy ’10, Will Redman ’98, and Rob Wolk ’11, performs Friday, November 15 at 8 p.m. at The Parlor, in a program including...

Posted: November 11, 2013, 2:00 PM

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in The Baltimore Sun

In a letter sent out Thursday by his federal political action committee, Gov. Martin O’Malley called for support for a higher minimum wage in Maryland. The letter was coordinated with a social...

Posted: November 8, 2013, 7:25 PM

Amy Berbert ’17 is Winner of USM Foundation Art Contest

Freshman Amy Berbert was awarded the grand prize last month for her submission in the second annual USM Foundation Art Contest. The winning art piece meant to illustrate this year’s theme — a...

Posted: November 8, 2013, 5:55 PM