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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 Cyber Dawgs rank #1 among university teams at annual Capture the Flag event

The UMBC Cyber Dawgs ranked #1 among university teams in a challenging cybersecurity competition hosted virtually by the University of Maryland, College Park on April 18. The Capture the...

Posted: April 22, 2020, 12:30 PM

CWIT Scholar Sammie Maygers ’20 finds, and builds, a community of support at UMBC

When her courses moved online in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic, Sammie Maygers ‘20, chemical engineering, knew staying connected with her UMBC community would need to be a top...

Posted: April 15, 2020, 12:08 PM

UMBC Cyber Dawgs win Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

Over the weekend, the UMBC Cyber Dawgs took first place in the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (MACCDC), which was held virtually. UMBC’s team was one of eight that participated...

Posted: April 6, 2020, 8:51 PM

Latest global and national rankings name UMBC a leading university, from engineering and biology to public policy

UMBC is again one of the top 500 universities in the world, according to the QS World University Rankings. In their recently released subject area rankings, UMBC is noted globally in the broad...

Posted: March 31, 2020, 7:47 PM

Three UMBC student researchers receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

Three UMBC students have been named Barry Goldwater Scholars for the 2020 – 2021 academic year, earning one of the most prestigious scholarships available to U.S. undergraduates. This is the...

Posted: March 30, 2020, 5:35 PM

UMBC researchers offer knowledge, innovation during the time of COVID-19

At a time when information and misinformation are coming at us from all directions, and everyone is looking for answers, UMBC researchers are stepping up. They’re working hard to answer pressing...

Posted: March 30, 2020, 4:23 PM

UMBC leads research team to study COVID-19-related discrimination against Chinese Americans

As the COVID-19 outbreak originating in China has spread to populations across all continents except Antarctica, racism and discrimination against Chinese-American people have also increased. A...

Posted: March 6, 2020, 7:50 PM

Predicting the coronavirus outbreak: How AI connects the dots to warn about disease threats

by Vandana Janeja, Professor of Information Systems, UMBC Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) firm BlueDot has been in the news in recent weeks for warning about the new coronavirus days ahead...

Posted: March 3, 2020, 1:50 PM

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

Retriever Engineer Seeks Space – Kenneth Harris II ’14

Kenneth Harris II caught the engineering bug early. Beneath the desk of his father, NASA engineer Kenneth Harris, was a slice of foam left over from the Mars Pathfinder. After school, Kenneth...

Posted: February 17, 2020, 9:20 PM

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