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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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Rooted in Advocacy—Giese ’99 ensures federal programs meet community needs

Danielle Giese ’99, political science and Africana studies, remembers her first paychecks were hot and cheesy pizza lunches. They were the reward for volunteering at the Southern Maryland...

Posted: February 27, 2023, 3:52 PM

Satellite data: The other type of smartphone data you might not know about

Co-written by Alicia Sabatino ’20, M.S. ’24, geography and environmental systems, UMBC. When you think about location data on your mobile phone, tablet or laptop, what comes to mind? Mailing...

Posted: February 21, 2023, 12:04 PM

Inaugural UMBC Paw Poll reveals high levels of student civic engagement

During the November 2022 election, students in Ian Anson’s Public Opinion class had a unique opportunity to examine just how civically engaged UMBC students are, and they found the answers...

Posted: February 15, 2023, 3:50 PM

UMBC humanities faculty receive NEH fellowships for research into “the why and how of our past”

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced that George Derek Musgrove ‘97, associate professor of history, and Elizabeth Patton, associate professor of media and communication...

Posted: February 15, 2023, 2:59 PM

Getting Your Research Off the Ground—Balloons Give Students New Perspectives

On a brisk but clear day in early December, half a dozen brightly colored weather balloons barely squeeze through the double doors of Sondheim Hall’s lower level one by one. A group of four...

Posted: February 1, 2023, 11:11 AM

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

NSF awards UMBC’s Lauren Clay $624K Convergence Accelerator grant to address food insecurity in disasters

Longstanding food insecurity problems in the U.S. and around the world, exacerbated by the pandemic, are projected to increase over the coming decades, as food, water, and energy demands increase...

Posted: January 6, 2023, 2:04 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

FTX’s collapse mirrors an infamous 18th century British financial scandal

Amy Froide, professor of history, UMBC Enron. Bernie Madoff. FTX. In modern capitalism, it seems as if stories of companies and managers who engage in fraud and swindle their investors...

Posted: December 21, 2022, 1:41 PM

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