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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We here at the Alumni Association want to wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving! It’s a time of year to reconnect with loved ones and reflect on what we’re truly thankful for. In our case,...
Posted: November 25, 2015, 5:22 PM
One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll...
Posted: November 19, 2015, 7:39 PM
One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll...
Posted: November 13, 2015, 6:49 PM
Choptank after the renovation. After 35 years on campus, West Hill Apartments are finally getting a makeover! Over the summer, UMBC began work to fully renovate five apartment buildings that...
Posted: November 13, 2015, 4:03 PM
Can hundreds of committed UMBC alumni, students, faculty and staff spread the word about our exceptional public research university and its 50th anniversary to almost 70,000 alumni and the rest of...
Posted: November 10, 2015, 11:00 PM
One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll...
Posted: November 6, 2015, 6:47 PM
Alumni Delali Dzirasa ’04, computer engineering, and Andrew Mavronicolas ’14, information systems, were recently featured in a SmartLogic video promoting bwtech@UMBC. Both alumni run companies...
Posted: November 2, 2015, 9:13 PM
One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll...
Posted: October 30, 2015, 6:51 PM
UMBC alumni and faculty greeted each other with beaming smiles and excited chatter at this year’s Alumni Awards Ceremony, held on October 8, 2015. Among bright arrangements of orange roses and...
Posted: October 29, 2015, 9:01 PM
Every once in a while, we’ll chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. Recently, we caught up with Alexander Bush ’09, political science, a former Humanities Scholar who went on...
Posted: October 29, 2015, 1:30 PM