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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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UMBC opens new academic year with new president, largest-ever incoming class

“ “This is a time when you begin to define what you love, what really matters to you, who you want to be in this world, and what difference you want to make in the lives of...

Posted: September 1, 2022, 3:02 PM

UMBC’s Chengpeng Chen receives $1.7M NIH grant to develop human liver model

It can take more than 10 years and a billion dollars to get one new drug approved, and less than 10 percent of drugs succeed in clinical trials. Part of the problem is that common techniques used...

Posted: August 26, 2022, 4:02 PM

UMBC’s Jeffrey Gardner receives $1.3M from NIH to discover new treatments for fungal disease

Like bacteria, fungi can cause disease inside your body and on your skin, or even grow on medical equipment like catheter tubing and wound dressings. Many fungal diseases are treatable with...

Posted: August 23, 2022, 6:05 PM

NSF awards $10M to UMBC to expand successful initiative developing underrepresented postdocs in STEM

UMBC will expand its work boosting diversity in academia from Maryland to the national level through a new NSF INCLUDES Alliance: Re-Imagining STEM Equity Utilizing Postdoc Pathways (RISE UPP)....

Posted: August 5, 2022, 12:12 PM

UMBC’s Eileen Meyer and team find strongest evidence yet of a black hole zooming away from its galaxy’s center

A new study has confirmed that a black hole eight billion light years away is zipping away from its galaxy’s center at 2,000 kilometers per second, or more than 4.5 million miles per hour. The...

Posted: July 26, 2022, 4:54 PM

See the Challenge, Be the Change

UMBC’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program prepares students to collaborate across disciplines and address real-world issues. Illustrations by Kimberly Salt When Chelsea Okeh ’22, M30,...

Posted: July 11, 2022, 8:45 AM

Better Living Through Chemistry

From cooking and cleaning to fixing your car, understanding chemistry can enlighten all aspects of life. That’s just one reason why Dean William R. LaCourse still loves sharing the joy of his...

Posted: July 6, 2022, 11:16 AM

UMBC’s 2022 Fulbright student scholars will travel the world to explore difficult questions

Eight recent UMBC graduates and alumni will soon travel to countries across three continents as 2022 Fulbright U.S. Student scholars. They include emerging leaders in education, astrophysics,...

Posted: June 16, 2022, 3:23 PM

Creating new antiviral drugs: Katherine Seley-Radtke’s innovative “fleximer” research to receive $3.5M from NIH

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, recently awarded nine research consortia a total of $577 million to create Antiviral Drug...

Posted: June 10, 2022, 3:38 PM

Carrying on a Philanthropic Legacy

Behind every story of giving lies a story about someone’s generosity. For Hema Gowda ’01, biological sciences, this story was about continuing a generational legacy through philanthropy. “My...

Posted: June 3, 2022, 2:42 PM

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