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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 psychology faculty work to prevent intimate partner violence and support survivors

UMBC’s psychology faculty closely collaborate with communities on research to prevent intimate partner and gender-based violence and to support survivors. Their work to transform systems is...

Posted: March 30, 2020, 6:16 PM

UMBC researchers offer knowledge, innovation during the time of COVID-19

At a time when information and misinformation are coming at us from all directions, and everyone is looking for answers, UMBC researchers are stepping up. They’re working hard to answer pressing...

Posted: March 30, 2020, 4:23 PM

Jovan James ’13 Breaks Through at Sundance

For an independent filmmaker, recognition from the Sundance Film Festival is a big deal. This past January, Jovan James ’13, visual arts, along with co-director Elegance Bratton, presented their...

Posted: March 27, 2020, 3:39 PM

UMBC historian Anne Rubin examines food scarcity in the Confederate South through NEH fellowship

“Historians know that the Confederacy ran out of food by the end of the Civil War, and it shouldn’t have because it was an agricultural society,” says Anne Rubin, professor of history at UMBC. “I...

Posted: March 10, 2020, 9:20 PM

UMBC leads research team to study COVID-19-related discrimination against Chinese Americans

As the COVID-19 outbreak originating in China has spread to populations across all continents except Antarctica, racism and discrimination against Chinese-American people have also increased. A...

Posted: March 6, 2020, 7:50 PM

Chronicling history’s unsung heroes – Kristina Gaddy ’09

Venturing into a Gestapo interrogation cell is not the way many people would choose to do research. Nevertheless, Kristina R. Gaddy ’09, history and modern languages and linguistics, felt it...

Posted: March 5, 2020, 2:00 PM

Why do Americans say ‘bay-zle’ and the English say ‘baa-zle’?

by Christine Mallinson, Professor of Language, Literacy and Culture and Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship, UMBC Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you...

Posted: March 2, 2020, 3:14 PM

UMBC once again ranks among the top 150 universities in federal research funding

The annual Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey from the National Science Foundation again includes UMBC as a top recipient of federal research support. The most recent...

Posted: February 28, 2020, 8:23 PM

Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic

by John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy, UMBC New disease outbreaks, like the novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China’s Hubei province, generate headlines and...

Posted: February 20, 2020, 6:21 PM

Linda Dusman, professor and chair of music, named Bearman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship

Linda Dusman, professor and chair of music, has been named the Bearman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship for 2020 – 2023. This role is designed to recognize and support a faculty member with an...

Posted: February 12, 2020, 7:23 PM

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