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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 Study on Economic Impact of Dream Act in TIME

Maryland voters will soon decide whether to allow undocumented immigrants who graduate from Maryland high schools and meet other requirements to pay in-county/in-state tuition at local community...

Posted: October 25, 2012, 7:55 PM

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in the Washington Post

Donald F. Norris, professor and chairman of UMBC’s Department of Public Policy, commented Sunday on the Washington Post‘s finding that out-of-state gambling companies and their allies have spent...

Posted: October 22, 2012, 8:17 PM

Don Norris, Public Policy, in the Gazette

Donald F. Norris, professor and chairman of UMBC’s Department of Public Policy, commented in today’s Gazette on both the Dream Act and same-sex marriage, topics of two referenda on Maryland...

Posted: October 12, 2012, 6:44 PM

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in the Washington Examiner

Three major issues are dominating the 2012 election season in Maryland, reports The Washington Examiner: the Dream Act, same-sex marriage and casino expansion. Although large ad buys are expected...

Posted: September 14, 2012, 6:18 PM

APSA Recognizes Eric Zeemering, Public Policy

Eric Zeemering, assistant professor of public policy at UMBC, has been named this year’s recipient of both the Clarence Stone Young Scholar Award and the Norton Long Developing Scholar Award from...

Posted: August 30, 2012, 9:08 PM

Public Policy PhD Student Cheryl Camillo in AP Story

Public Policy PhD student Cheryl Camillo (Health Policy) was quoted in an Associated Press story about who qualifies for Medicaid. What’s largely unknown to many Americans is who is left out of...

Posted: August 21, 2012, 1:51 PM

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in the Baltimore Sun

Donald F. Norris, professor and chairman of UMBC’s Department of Public Policy, offered his expertise on e-government in the Baltimore Sun‘s August 8 article “State launches online voter...

Posted: August 10, 2012, 6:13 PM