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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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Robert Provine, Psychology, In New Book

Robert Provine, psychology, has an essay in a newly published book entitled “This Explains Everything,” a collection of answers to Edge.org’s annual question for 2012. This year’s question was...

Posted: February 20, 2013, 9:18 PM

Book by Robert Provine, Psychology, Wins PROSE Award

Robert Provine, professor of psychology, has won an Association of American Publishers’ 2012 PROSE Award for “Curious Behavior: Yawning, Laughing, Hiccupping, and Beyond.”  The book received the...

Posted: February 20, 2013, 8:58 PM

Dennis Coates, Economics, in the Baltimore Sun

Following the Ravens’ Super Bowl win, the team will increase ticket prices at M&T Bank Stadium, reports the Baltimore Sun. Season ticket holders will see an average price increase of 10%, plus...

Posted: February 20, 2013, 7:20 PM

Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in the Baltimore Sun

Responding to recent cheating scandals — from Lance Armstrong using banned substances to reports of inflated performance data in higher ed — Thomas F. Schaller’s latest Baltimore Sun column...

Posted: February 20, 2013, 6:54 PM

Denise Meringolo, History, Wins NCPH Book Award

Denise Meringolo, associate professor of history, has won this year’s National Council on Public History Book Award for her book Museums, Monuments, and National Parks: Toward a New Genealogy of...

Posted: February 19, 2013, 7:26 PM

For All the World to Hear Featured on WJZ

Robert Houston, photographer “What we take for granted now has not always been that way. Someone had to pay for that. It cost dearly. Some people gave their lives and careers,” says Robert...

Posted: February 12, 2013, 8:57 PM