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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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NSF grants UMBC and community college partners $1.4M to innovate science education

UMBC has received a new five-year, $1.4 million grant to further expand the university’s tradition of innovative undergraduate teaching and strong partnerships with community colleges to support...

Posted: October 19, 2018, 3:17 PM

UMBC and community colleges collaborate to boost transfer student success in STEM

UMBC welcomes a large number of students from community colleges every semester, including in STEM majors. To better support these students, UMBC partnered with Anne Arundel Community College,...

Posted: October 18, 2018, 8:08 PM

Third annual UMBC GRIT-X talks highlight thought-provoking ideas, experiences, and discoveries

Artists, scientists, and social change agents from across UMBC presented the third annual GRIT-X talks on October 13, sharing their ideas and perspectives on stage in UMBC’s Dance Cube. “All our...

Posted: October 17, 2018, 9:09 PM

UMBC researchers develop new method to address deep-seated biases in science, starting with birds

New UMBC research is helping dismantle gender and publication biases in science. A team of researchers working across disciplines has developed a new statistical technique to understand...

Posted: October 16, 2018, 5:43 PM

UMBC’s Sebastian Deffner receives FQXi support for pioneering work to define laws of the universe

Sebastian Deffner plans to spend his career expanding on the work of physics giants to refine our understanding of the fundamental laws of nature, from the inner workings of the tiniest cells to...

Posted: October 15, 2018, 2:16 PM

UMBC connects thousands of students with top employers, from Google to GM

More than 1,800 students arrived with resumes in hand to connect directly with top global and local companies, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations at UMBC’s Fall Career and Internship...

Posted: October 9, 2018, 3:22 PM

30th UMBC Alumni Awards celebrate leadership, service, and community

UMBC community members from the university’s first class to today kicked off Homecoming 2018 on October 4 with a celebration of UMBC Alumni Award winners. Held in the Earl and Danielle Linehan...

Posted: October 8, 2018, 7:40 PM

Annica Wayman M6, ’99, to launch translational science program at Shady Grove

For Annica Wayman M6, ’99, mechanical engineering, this fall marks a homecoming wrapped up in a new beginning. After eight years with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),...

Posted: October 5, 2018, 7:16 PM

UMBC physicist Can Ataca developing quicker, cheaper way to create novel, one-atom-thick materials

Imagine a sheet that’s only one atom thick. It won’t keep you very warm, but single-atom-thick materials under development might soon do extraordinary things, like filter salt from water, collect...

Posted: September 21, 2018, 2:51 PM

UMBC’s Rachel Brewster investigates cellular survival to improve the preservation of organs for transplant

Two years ago, developmental biologist Rachel Brewster embarked on a journey to learn more about how zebrafish embryos manage to survive for up to 50 hours without oxygen, with support from a...

Posted: September 18, 2018, 4:25 PM

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