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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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National Security Agency highlights strong partnership with UMBC through Featured School campaign

Over the past two decades, UMBC and the National Security Agency (NSA) have developed a strong relationship, which has led to research, internship, and career opportunities for faculty, students,...

Posted: September 4, 2018, 2:51 PM

UMBC Student Internship and Service Fund expands access to career-building experiences

Summer internships and service-learning offer college students experience and professional networks that can help them succeed in competitive career paths and graduate programs. UMBC prioritizes...

Posted: August 23, 2018, 8:49 PM

UMBC’s Matthew Baker teams up with Chesapeake Conservancy to create detailed stream maps

Thousands of waterways, from major rivers like the Potomac and Susquehanna to tiny headwaters, flow through the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Many of them appear on official stream maps produced by...

Posted: August 15, 2018, 10:49 PM

Princeton Review recognizes UMBC as one of the top universities in the nation

UMBC has once again been recognized as one of the top universities in the nation through Princeton Review’s popular undergraduate guide, The Best 384 Colleges. UMBC’s Princeton Review profile...

Posted: August 8, 2018, 5:57 PM

Baltimore Magazine’s “Best of Baltimore” highlights UMBC arts and athletics

Baltimore Magazine’s 2018 “Best of Baltimore” issue features some of the region’s standout people, places, and events of the past year, including highlights from UMBC. The magazine hails the UMBC...

Posted: July 27, 2018, 8:00 PM

National “Humanities for All” initiative features innovative work by UMBC scholars

How are scholars across the country creating humanities-centered solutions for our communities’ most pressing challenges? The National Humanities Alliance (NHA) is working to answer this question...

Posted: July 25, 2018, 10:13 PM

UMBC education policy expert Jane Arnold Lincove helps launch national center for research on school choice

UMBC’s Jane Arnold Lincove, associate professor of public policy, is collaborating with colleagues across the U.S. to launch the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH)...

Posted: July 23, 2018, 5:11 PM

New CoLab Program Brings Interdisciplinary Approach to Summer Research

In piles on a table in the chilly back room of UMBC’s Special Collections office lie a science fiction lover’s dream: decades-worth of fanzines in all their hand-drawn, mimeographed glory....

Posted: July 23, 2018, 1:27 PM

UMBC alumnus Chris Haffer becomes EEOC’s first chief data officer

Building on 25 years of experience in public policy research, UMBC alumnus Chris Haffer has started a new leadership role with the key federal agency that enforces civil rights laws against...

Posted: July 17, 2018, 7:23 PM

UMBC’s Evan Avila wins iOme Challenge with ideas to help millennials save for retirement

Evan Avila ‘20, economics and political science, is a millennial with retirement on his mind, and his fresh ideas are now capturing the interest of policymakers. Avila recently won first place in...

Posted: June 27, 2018, 5:29 PM

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