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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 once again ranks among the top 150 universities in federal research funding

The annual Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey from the National Science Foundation again includes UMBC as a top recipient of federal research support. The most recent...

Posted: February 28, 2020, 8:23 PM

UMBC’s Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg recognized for 40-year career advancing cancer immunotherapy

After 41 years at UMBC, Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg, professor emerita of biological sciences, retired in August 2018 and moved to Utah to enjoy the mountains with her spouse. But she couldn’t stay...

Posted: February 27, 2020, 8:32 PM

Sharing a Love of Green Chemistry – Ram Mohan, Ph.D. ’92

According to recent statistics, approximately 6,000 people in the United States apply for Fulbright awards yearly. Fewer than 800 are awarded and rarely does one person win two. Nevertheless,...

Posted: February 24, 2020, 2:28 PM

How did I get my own unique set of fingerprints?

by Sarah Leupen, Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences, UMBC Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...

Posted: February 13, 2020, 8:48 PM

The Carnegie Foundation honors UMBC as a leading community-engaged university

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has honored UMBC with its distinguished Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. This classification acknowledges UMBC faculty, staff,...

Posted: January 29, 2020, 8:50 PM

Hidden by a pleasant scent: The health consequences of flavor in e-cigarettes

By Weihong Lin, Professor of Biological Sciences, and Rakaia Kenney, Research Assistant, UMBC Millions of Americans are vaping, and some are getting sick. Since June 2019, 2,711 have been...

Posted: January 29, 2020, 2:28 PM

UMBC’s Pelton and Daniel are developing light-driven chips to enable super-fast computing

By combining their expertise in physics and chemistry, Matt Pelton and Marie-Christine Daniel are working toward the next big leap in computing. Both are engaged in photonics research, which is...

Posted: January 16, 2020, 9:17 PM

UMBC’s Top Highlights of 2019

As UMBC welcomes 2020, we celebrate the student successes, athletic achievements, research breakthroughs, and community news that made 2019 a year to remember. Retriever Nation Whether it was...

Posted: January 9, 2020, 6:06 PM

UMBC’s Lisa Kelly receives NSF grant to develop a safer, greener chemical production method

At some point in its development, every drug, high-tech piece of clothing, and synthetic building material was touched by a chemist. However, getting the atoms attached to each other in just the...

Posted: December 17, 2019, 5:41 PM

Climate Shift

From Eritrea to UMBC, this physicist is cultivating a diverse generation of climate scientists. It’s a nearly cloudless afternoon at UMBC in early October. A group of physics students and their...

Posted: December 10, 2019, 4:47 PM

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