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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’s Lucy Wilson, an infectious disease transmission expert, helps governors and the public respond to COVID-19

Governors across the United States have been working to determine what safe reopening might look during the COVID-19 pandemic. When the National Governors Association (NGA) needed experts to...

Posted: June 10, 2020, 8:29 PM

Archiving the pandemic: ‘Coronavirus Lost and Found’ documents how we cope with catastrophe

By Rebecca A. Adelman, associate professor, media & communication studies, UMBC There is so much to mourn at the moment. Even those of us spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic are...

Posted: May 28, 2020, 1:59 PM

UMBC-affiliated artists receive Zaentz fellowships for new collaborative projects

Three UMBC-affiliated artists have each received 2020-2021 fellowship awards from the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund (SZIF) in Film and Media at Johns Hopkins University. SZIF cash awards are granted...

Posted: May 22, 2020, 5:48 PM

Curating COVID-19

At times of momentous change some take solace in creating. The UMBC community is no exception, adding to a long history of artists and writers recording everyday life during pandemics. From...

Posted: May 20, 2020, 9:32 PM

Creating new pathways: Meet ten UMBC arts graduates advancing their fields

Majoring in the arts requires intense levels of stamina and self-discipline—long hours rehearsing, creating, writing, designing, interpreting—coupled with an inner drive for inquiry and...

Posted: May 19, 2020, 10:20 PM

Support comes full circle: When students become mentors

In 2015, Cherie Tebah’s dream of providing dental care in marginalized communities was shattered when she sustained injuries while in the U.S. military. Tebah, who is originally from Ghana, had...

Posted: May 19, 2020, 2:55 PM

Mentorship matters: UMBC connections help three students create their own paths

Like many new UMBC students, Jana Burns ‘20, information systems, was interested in so many topics when she stepped on campus that choosing a major initially proved challenging. When she...

Posted: May 19, 2020, 12:35 PM

Unique research experiences open doors for UMBC’s Class of 2020

Danilo Symonette, Robin Bailey, and Hye-Jin Park are earning their UMBC degrees this month having researched in top labs and being invited to present their findings to colleagues across the...

Posted: May 18, 2020, 4:00 PM

Graduating UMBC student advocates keep building community in an unprecedented time

For Nadia BenAissa ’20, gender, women’s, and sexuality studies (GWST), and Sam Hertl ’20, social work, UMBC has been a place to grow as leaders and advocates. Their college experiences have been...

Posted: May 15, 2020, 8:57 PM

This spring, UMBC’s Returning Women Student Scholars achieve dreams long deferred

Graduating during a pandemic means students won’t be able to celebrate in the ways they expected, with family and friends cheering in a packed UMBC Event Center. But earning their degrees will...

Posted: May 14, 2020, 2:22 AM

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