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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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Disha Patel ’15 on NPR’s “This I Believe” Website

Disha Patel ’15, English, has an essay posted on NPR’s “This I Believe” website. “I believe that being a family is about more than sharing blood,” begins Patel, who is currently enrolled in an...

Posted: April 5, 2012, 1:27 PM

Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in the Baltimore Sun

“Mitt Romney has been treated rather roughly, even unfairly, by the national media,” suggests UMBC political science professor Thomas Schaller in his latest Baltimore Sun column. The article,...

Posted: April 4, 2012, 6:12 PM

Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College, Visits Serbia

Ellen Handler Spitz, honors college professor of visual arts, recently returned from Belgrade, Serbia, where she spoke on her book “Art and Psyche.”  The book was recently translated to Serbian....

Posted: April 3, 2012, 7:41 PM

Madeline Hall ’12, GES, in Documentary

Madeline Hall ’12, geography and environmental systems, is featured in the documentary Circus Dreams, which will air on Maryland Public Television on April 9 at 10 p.m. Circus Dreams documents a...

Posted: April 3, 2012, 6:28 PM

Dennis Coates, Economics, in the Washington Post

The Washington Post this weekend featured a reflection on the turbulent development of Nationals Park, home to the Washington Nationals. The article concluded with a comment by UMBC economics...

Posted: April 2, 2012, 5:03 PM

Bill Shewbridge, New Media Studio, in Urbanite

Bill Shewbridge, director of UMBC’s New Media Studio, spoke to Urbanite about the role technology plays on campus and in the lives of students. “There is a tendency to think that students are...

Posted: April 2, 2012, 1:29 PM