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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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Ozone and thunderstorms: Two UMBC Ph.D. students receive prestigious NASA grants, mentor undergraduates

Two UMBC Ph.D. students in atmospheric physics, Maurice Roots and Kylie Hoffman, have received competitive Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) awards that...

Posted: October 26, 2022, 12:51 PM

UMBC and University of Maryland School of Medicine receive $13.7M NIH FIRST grant to increase faculty diversity

UMBC and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have received a five-year, $13.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enhance recruitment and training of...

Posted: September 23, 2022, 9:46 AM

U.S. News highlights UMBC’s national leadership in teaching, innovation, diversity

The 2022–23 U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges undergraduate rankings released this week illustrate why a record number of students chose to call UMBC home this fall. This year’s rankings...

Posted: September 13, 2022, 4:34 PM

UMBC’s new AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellows focus on STEM workforce inclusion, youth justice

Erin Lavik, professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering at UMBC, is an innovator in developing nanoparticles to stop internal bleeding. She’s also hard at work on a very...

Posted: September 8, 2022, 4:57 PM

UMBC’s Anupam Joshi, cybersecurity innovator, to expand leadership impact as 2022–23 ACE Fellow

Anupam Joshi, a professor focused on both high-impact computing research and expanding access to computer science and cybersecurity education, has been named a 2022–23 American Council on...

Posted: September 2, 2022, 9:36 AM

UMBC to lead climate-focused NSF data science institute through $13M award

Tens of millions of people live in areas that are at risk for flooding due to climate change, sea level rise, and melting of glaciers. UMBC’s Vandana Janeja is leading a team of researchers using...

Posted: September 1, 2022, 3:25 PM

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

Did Twitter ignore basic security measures? A cybersecurity expert explains a whistleblower’s claims

By Richard Forno, Principal Lecturer,Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, UMBC Twitter’s former security chief, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, filed a whistleblower complaint with the...

Posted: September 1, 2022, 1:03 PM

From the Soil to the Stars, Internships Take Students’ Futures to the Next Level

UMBC students are known for the strength of their diversity: not just in their personal backgrounds, but in the breadth of their academic interests and professional goals. Accordingly,...

Posted: August 29, 2022, 1:07 PM

UMBC students, educators, and researchers advance Maryland through innovative computing partnership

In early 2022, Nadja Franklin ‘23 was exploring summer opportunities through the UMBC Career Center when she heard about a chance to connect with tech internships at Maryland’s state agencies. As...

Posted: August 3, 2022, 2:43 PM

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