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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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New center director to take NASA-supported Earth science research into next era at UMBC

The UMBC-led Goddard Earth Science Technology and Research (GESTAR) Center II includes over 120 researchers advancing Earth and atmospheric sciences and launching the next generation of...

Posted: January 27, 2023, 7:40 PM

UMBC researchers listed among the world’s top 2% of most-cited scientists and engineers

More than 40 active UMBC researchers are listed among the top 2% of the world’s most-cited scientists and engineers in an analysis recently published by Elsevier. These researchers include...

Posted: January 25, 2023, 11:47 AM

New “Life Magnified” USPS stamp series features Tagide deCarvalho’s images of microscopic life

Tagide deCarvalho, director of the Keith R. Porter Imaging Facility in UMBC’s College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, produces artistic images that reveal microscopic life in vivid,...

Posted: January 19, 2023, 7:03 PM

Organ-on-a-chip models allow researchers to conduct studies closer to real-life conditions – and possibly grease the drug development pipeline

Chengpeng Chen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC Bringing a new drug to market costs billions of dollars and can take over a decade. These high monetary and time...

Posted: January 10, 2023, 11:35 AM

Manil Suri’s new book, “The Big Bang of Numbers,” introduces readers to the wonder of math

It’s rare to meet a mathematician who is also a bestselling novelist, but UMBC’s Manil Suri, professor of mathematics, is happy to be unique. Suri is the author of a famed trilogy named for Hindu...

Posted: January 6, 2023, 3:52 PM

UMBC’s Top Stories of 2022

Just like the people that are part of our community, UMBC experienced a year of change, growth, and opportunity in 2022. Exciting achievements, transformative leadership, and groundbreaking...

Posted: January 6, 2023, 12:56 PM

A Space of One’s Own

On a chilly morning in early spring 2022, Eileen Meyer, Roy Prouty, and Erik Crowe were on the roof of the UMBC Physics Building. They were inside the observatory dome, trying to figure out what...

Posted: December 7, 2022, 12:59 PM

UMBC’s Zhibo Zhang to clarify atmospheric dust’s role in climate with NSF grant

Natural dust particles and human-produced pollutants in the atmosphere affect Earth’s overall energy budget in different and nuanced ways. A new three-year, $620,000 NSF grant led by Zhibo Zhang,...

Posted: December 1, 2022, 4:46 PM

How to Bridge Your Two Homes

With Jess Presuel ’23, biological sciences, an international student from Mexico Jess Presuel’s route to UMBC was not a direct flight from Mérida, Yucatán—her home state in Mexico—to UMBC....

Posted: November 23, 2022, 1:23 PM

UMBC volleyball wins third-consecutive America East championship

UMBC volleyball continued their hot streak, capturing their third-consecutive America East championship title over the weekend. The second-seeded Retrievers defeated Bryant in four sets before...

Posted: November 23, 2022, 12:01 PM

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