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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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Brewster lab to examine “pause button” on embryonic development, with eye on improving organ transplant

Embryos of zebrafish, a workhorse model organism in biology labs, routinely survive without oxygen for up to 50 hours by hitting the pause button on their development. Rachel Brewster, professor...

Posted: September 20, 2016, 1:44 PM

UMBC and Portuguese Naval Academy launch partnership to promote academic and cultural exchange

A delegation from Portugal visited UMBC earlier this month to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining plans to develop collaborative exchange programs for teaching, learning, and...

Posted: September 15, 2016, 2:22 PM

NSF funds Jason Kestner to tackle major obstacle to quantum computing

Predictions suggest that advances in quantum computing could lead to computers vastly faster than any that currently exist—computers that could efficiently crunch the more than 2.5 quintillion...

Posted: September 14, 2016, 6:44 PM

UMBC’s 100th MARC U*STAR alumnus to earn Ph.D. inspires today’s scholars

Lasse Lindahl’s goal for the MARC U*STAR Scholars program is to “light the fire in the belly so students are hooked on science.” Lindahl, director of the MARC U*STAR program at UMBC and...

Posted: September 9, 2016, 6:37 PM

Delegation from the University of Kassel in Germany visits UMBC to grow interdisciplinary exchange program

Eight administrators and faculty members from the University of Kassel in central Germany visited UMBC from August 29 to September 2 to build on a thriving university partnership between the two...

Posted: September 9, 2016, 5:07 PM

UMBC alumni connect with fellow Retrievers through Baltimore-based summer internships

Each year several hundred UMBC students take advantage of the summer months to explore careers related to their majors, expand their knowledge and skills, and learn more about themselves through...

Posted: August 26, 2016, 8:40 PM

Secret Society of Science Songwriters creates music videos inspired by UMBC chemistry labs

On a Friday afternoon in early August, a dedicated group of students from Northwest High School in Germantown, Maryland, are hard at work in UMBC’s chemistry building. It’s prime summer break...

Posted: August 17, 2016, 7:35 PM

Summer Undergraduate Research Fest spotlights next generation of scientists

A crowd of more than 250 people gathered to learn from and celebrate emerging scientists at UMBC’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fest (SURF) on August 10, 2016. The program has humble beginnings,...

Posted: August 16, 2016, 4:51 PM

UMBC scientist launches company to commercialize new oral vaccine to save fish industry millions

Every year, millions of fish raised in aquaculture die of nervous necrosis virus (NNV). “The disease affects the brain, and the fish lose their vision and balance,” says Vikram Vakharia, professor...

Posted: August 11, 2016, 9:10 PM

Manil Suri awarded prestigious residency from The Rockefeller Foundation in Bellagio, Italy

Manil Suri is one of just 15 leading experts worldwide awarded a prestigious academic residency for September 2016 at the The Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy. During the upcoming...

Posted: August 5, 2016, 5:06 PM

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