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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-Montgomery College collaboration expands with digital storytelling humanities internship for transfer students

In September of 2020, UMBC’s Camee Maddox-Wingfield, assistant professor of anthropology, wanted to introduce her Anthropology 211 students to the process of digital storytelling and the tools of...

Posted: March 29, 2021, 5:25 AM

UMBC Mock Trial heads to national semifinal as undefeated regional champions

“This year’s team, they’re not afraid of anyone,” says Ben Garmoe ‘13 political science, adjunct professor and head coach of UMBC Mock Trial. “They will go into every round knowing they have a...

Posted: March 19, 2021, 10:22 PM

New UMBC-UMB collaborations include research to reduce stress among long-term care workers

A strategic research alliance between UMBC and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has selected four new interdisciplinary projects, each a fresh take on a complex challenge. The...

Posted: March 9, 2021, 10:15 PM

Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education honors UMBC’s innovative leadership in the field of aging

Dana Bradley, dean of UMBC’s Erickson School of Aging Studies, recently recognized President Freeman Hrabowski with a prominent honor from the nation’s preeminent organization devoted to research,...

Posted: February 3, 2021, 5:09 PM

NIA grants UMBC’s Laura Girling $750K for research on living with dementia, including the impacts of COVID-19

Laura Girling, director of UMBC’s Center for Aging Studies, breaks down stereotypes of people living with dementia through innovative research. Since 2019, the NIH’s National Institute of Aging...

Posted: February 1, 2021, 9:15 PM

Building the Magic

If Peter Wood is doing his job well, you’ll never notice what he’s doing. It should look effortless and natural, smooth and, well, magical. As a magician with 20 years of experience, Wood...

Posted: January 29, 2021, 2:20 PM

UMBC leaders and community support congressional resolution for national racial healing work

The fourth annual National Day of Racial Healing is on Tuesday, January 19. The goal of the day is to promote racial healing and equity across the United States through collective action. UMBC...

Posted: January 15, 2021, 7:09 PM

Twenty UMBC Memories from 2020

As we prepare to close the book on 2020, we want to take a look back at some of UMBC’s most important chapters from this past year. Here are our top 20 top memories from 2020: COVID-19...

Posted: December 23, 2020, 7:29 PM

NSF grants UMBC’s Chris Rakes and Michele Stites $3M to transform undergraduate secondary mathematics teacher preparation programs

UMBC’s Chris Rakes and Michele Stites and colleagues have received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to strengthen undergraduate secondary mathematics teacher preparation...

Posted: December 17, 2020, 9:09 PM

Each journey unique: UMBC students complete their degrees after returning mid-pandemic

For some fall 2020 graduates, the day they finish their final class won’t look much different from any other day of working and studying from home—they’re saving their celebration for when they...

Posted: December 15, 2020, 9:10 PM

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