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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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Katherine Seley-Radtke, leader in medicinal chemistry, named Maryland Chemist of the Year

The Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society has selected Katherine Seley-Radtke, professor of chemistry and biochemistry and the 2016-2018 UMBC Presidential Research Professor, as the...

Posted: January 12, 2017, 4:16 PM

Physicists Deffner and Ibrahim explain winter’s extra helping of static electricity

Winter has arrived in the northern hemisphere, and along with it an extra dose of static electricity. But do most people know how static electricity works? Why is it more prevalent in the winter...

Posted: January 9, 2017, 8:02 PM

UMBC’s Top 12 Highlights of 2016

UMBC celebrated a banner year in 2016. In thousands of ways, big and small, this golden anniversary has been full of moments to remember for the university community. Here are twelve top...

Posted: January 4, 2017, 6:30 PM

Students discover and name new viruses in unique introduction to lab research at UMBC

It’s the middle of August, and a group of rising UMBC sophomores enters the classroom with anticipation. “Once everyone walks into the lab, you start hearing ‘Yes!’ across the room from people...

Posted: November 23, 2016, 4:42 PM

UMBC’s Huemmrich uses NASA satellite to measure effects of climate change on evergreen forests

The role of forests in climate change is currently an open question, and it’s one that Fred Huemmrich, research scientist at UMBC’s Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) and adjunct...

Posted: November 21, 2016, 10:27 PM

Baltimore City elementary school students learn about college opportunities through UMBC visit

Prospective students tour UMBC on a daily basis, rain or shine, but last week saw a particularly special visit from around 80 fifth graders from Armistead Gardens Elementary School in Baltimore,...

Posted: November 14, 2016, 9:56 PM

UMBC expands partnership with Portugal’s University of Porto

A delegation of UMBC faculty and staff traveled to Portugal’s University of Porto (U. Porto) October 3 – 7, 2016, to sign a cooperation agreement expanding and formalizing an ongoing partnership...

Posted: November 11, 2016, 4:55 PM

UMBC support for STEM grad students from underrepresented groups featured as a national model

The Christian Science Monitor recently examined challenges that many graduate students from underrepresented groups experience, such as isolation, mentors who may not understand their perspectives...

Posted: November 10, 2016, 6:55 PM

UMBC faculty celebrate opportunities to expand collaboration across disciplines

“The complex problems we face do not organize themselves neatly into the categories we’re used to,” says Carole McCann, professor and chair of gender and women’s studies. “We need to think beyond...

Posted: November 8, 2016, 10:36 PM

Life sciences research symposium attracts a record number of students from across the mid-Atlantic

UMBC’s 19th Undergraduate Research Symposium in Chemical and Biological Sciences on October 22, 2016, drew a record number of talented young researchers from across the mid-Atlantic. Of the 647...

Posted: November 8, 2016, 5:15 PM

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