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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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Retriever Nation welcomes another class to its ranks

The start of the school year is invigorating for the whole university community, whether you’re starting your first year in college, transferring from a different institution, or gearing up to...

Posted: August 30, 2019, 9:51 PM

UMBC’s Minjoung Kyoung to help develop first 4D map of a cell’s metabolic pathways

Scientists understand many of the body’s processes, like breaking down sugars and generating energy for the cell, pretty well. They know what chemical reactions are involved, what molecules they...

Posted: August 30, 2019, 7:40 PM

Open spaces nurture open minds in UMBC’s new Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building

This fall, hundreds of Retrievers will set foot in UMBC’s new Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building for the first time. They may be inspired by the vibrant art installation, find a quiet nook...

Posted: August 26, 2019, 6:49 PM

Wind, solar, and…flutter? UMBC’s Justin Webster is using math to move this emerging tech forward

When Justin Webster sees a flag rippling in the breeze, he thinks about equations. Webster, assistant professor of mathematics, studies “flutter”—a physical phenomenon caused by interactions...

Posted: August 14, 2019, 8:19 PM

The Man Behind the MCAC

Tucked away in the basement of the Meyerhoff Chemistry Building lies a hidden gem. The Molecular Characterization and Analysis Complex (MCAC) houses a group of self-proclaimed nerds analyzing...

Posted: August 8, 2019, 7:26 PM

NASA and DoE fund UMBC’s Zhibo Zhang to pursue ambitious atmospheric research

Recently, both the Department of Energy (DoE) and NASA awarded Zhibo Zhang, associate professor of physics, significant grants to pursue projects in atmospheric science. Zhang’s lab has...

Posted: August 6, 2019, 9:32 PM

UMBC’s Qianqian Song receives FINESST Fellowship from NASA for research on dust clouds and climate

UMBC’s Qianqian Song has just received the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) Fellowship⁠—one of just 59 such fellowships granted nationwide this year....

Posted: August 2, 2019, 8:47 PM

UMBC’s Tom Cronin, mantis shrimp vision expert, receives international Rank Prize for Optoelectronics

Tom Cronin, professor of biological sciences, and his longtime colleague, Justin Marshall, professor at the University of Queensland in Australia, have received the 2020 Rank Prize for...

Posted: July 12, 2019, 12:59 PM

Leadership Montgomery recognizes UMBC’s Annica Wayman and Sunil Dasgupta

Leadership Montgomery has selected Annica Wayman and Sunil Dasgupta, both of UMBC at The Universities at Shady Grove, to join the newest cohort of the Connecting Our Region’s Execs (CORE) program....

Posted: June 26, 2019, 3:38 PM

UMBC convenes research forum on immigration and mobility in higher education

In the late spring, the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) convened researchers for the 2019 Research Forum: Immigration and Mobility in Higher Education. The event was the fifth in...

Posted: June 25, 2019, 3:07 PM

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