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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 adds spark to Light City Baltimore

With art, ideas, and entertainment, UMBC will add spark to the second annual Light City Baltimore festival, running from March 31 through April 8 in the Inner Harbor and throughout the city. The...

Posted: March 29, 2017, 4:04 PM

Lee Blaney receives NSF CAREER Award to address contaminants of emerging concern in urban streams

Lee Blaney, assistant professor of chemical, biochemical and environmental engineering, has received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance his research...

Posted: March 28, 2017, 4:38 PM

Wikileaks hack highlights importance of cyberdefense basics, UMBC experts write

The Central Intelligence Agency’s latest leak is the most recent major hack exposing information that could possibly compromise national security. In The Conversation, Anupam Joshi and Rick Forno,...

Posted: March 24, 2017, 1:45 PM

UMBC hosts FIRST LEGO League state championship tournament

More than 500 kids, ages 9-14, on 72 teams gathered at UMBC on Saturday, February 25 to participate in the Maryland State FIRST LEGO League Championship tournament, completing a set of challenges...

Posted: March 15, 2017, 5:00 PM

UMBC Engineers Week celebrates contributions of engineers to society and highlights career paths

UMBC’s third annual Engineers Week brought the campus community and corporate partners together for a celebration of the ways engineers contribute to society and the workforce. The week-long...

Posted: March 8, 2017, 4:40 PM

UMBC students participate in 2017 National Campus Leaders Summit

A group of five UMBC students recently made the trip to Washington, D.C. to serve as leaders and collaborators during the 2017 National Campus Leaders Summit. The event, held at the United States...

Posted: February 24, 2017, 7:32 PM

Josiah Dykstra receives Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering for work tackling cybercrime

Josiah Dykstra, Ph.D. ‘13, computer science, has received the prominent Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE) for his work on digital forensics cloud computing, with...

Posted: February 16, 2017, 5:26 PM

UMBC’s Cyber Scholars program stands out as a national model in “Diverse”

At a time when just 12 percent of information security analysts are black, Hispanic or Asian, and only 20 percent of information security analysts are women, successful student support programs...

Posted: February 3, 2017, 6:54 PM

Cybersecurity experts weigh in on securing the president’s smartphone and avoiding “cyber-fatigue”

With a new administration in the White House, securing the president’s smartphone is a national security priority, but exactly what steps are taken to secure the phone are not made public. In a...

Posted: January 30, 2017, 2:45 PM

AAMC highlights UMBC’s national model to support minority student success in med school

The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) has published a new article by UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski and Peter Henderson, senior advisor to the president, emphasizing the need for...

Posted: January 26, 2017, 9:02 PM

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