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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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Student entrepreneurs share fresh perspectives at UMBC’s 9th annual Idea Competition

UMBC’s Idea Competition offers students from all fields an opportunity to present business ideas to a panel of expert judges and receive immediate feedback on moving from vision to reality. The...

Posted: December 5, 2018, 8:34 PM

From Student Worker to Nationally Recognized IT Leader

Damian Doyle ‘99, B.S. Computer Science, ‘16 M.S Information Systems, says building trust and relationships are essential to his work every day at UMBC. Doyle, assistant vice president of...

Posted: December 1, 2018, 1:18 AM

UMBC partners with Blackboard, VitalSource on research to support student success

UMBC’s Division of Information Technology has made headlines for innovative research collaborations aimed at boosting student success through analyzing how students utilize digital resources....

Posted: November 26, 2018, 10:01 PM

UMBC joins innovative ACE Internationalization Lab, expanding commitment to global engagement

UMBC is expanding and deepening its long-term commitment to internationalization as a member of the American Council on Education (ACE) Internationalization Laboratory program. UMBC is one of just...

Posted: November 20, 2018, 3:58 PM

From Apple to Tesla to … Bumblebee

Experiences with big companies leads Sankarshan Murthy, M.S. ’06, to become an entrepreneur of more livable spaces By Tom Kertscher After Sankarshan Murthy got his master’s in mechanical...

Posted: November 19, 2018, 7:44 PM

UMBC and Morgan Stanley support students and research in data-intensive computing fields

UMBC and Morgan Stanley have established a new partnership to support students and research in data-intensive computing fields. The collaboration is made possible by Morgan Stanley’s contribution...

Posted: November 12, 2018, 8:06 PM

UMBC’s Alan Sherman and colleagues receive over $5M in NSF support for cybersecurity education

The National Science Foundation recently awarded Alan Sherman, professor of computer science and electrical engineering (CSEE), and his colleagues, two grants totaling over five million dollars to...

Posted: November 6, 2018, 6:31 PM

Twenty years of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study: An icon of urban ecology research

The Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) is one of only two urban Long-Term Ecological Research projects initially funded by the National Science Foundation, and this year it turns 20. When the BES was...

Posted: November 2, 2018, 8:06 PM

UMBC welcomes Dana Bradley as new dean of the Erickson School for Aging Studies

Dana Bradley, the new dean of the Erickson School for Aging Studies, considers herself an accidental gerontologist. Many leaders in aging services are inspired to work in the field through...

Posted: October 29, 2018, 2:14 PM

UMBC’s McNair Scholars Program prepares the next generation of leading researchers

What does it take to be a professor? That is exactly the type of question the McNair Scholars Program wants students to ask early on in their undergraduate years. The national program prepares...

Posted: October 25, 2018, 4:51 PM

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