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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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Phenomenal World: Juliana and Homer Schamp Memorial Scholarship seeks to inspire the next generation of teachers

Think back to the science classes you took as a child. What do you remember about them? Did you watch a caterpillar spin a cocoon and emerge a butterfly, or a tadpole grow into a frog? Did you...

Posted: July 27, 2016, 1:00 PM

Hacking the Real World: Donor support gives students hands-on experience in their fields

This spring, more than 350 students joined in this year’s annual HackUMBC, a 24-hour “tech innovation marathon” where participants were challenged to come up with creative solutions to specific...

Posted: July 26, 2016, 3:49 PM

UMB-UMBC Partnership Symposium celebrates research collaborations with impact

UMBC and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) celebrated new and recent recipients of UMB-UMBC Research and Innovation Partnership Grants at a symposium held last month on UMB’s downtown...

Posted: July 8, 2016, 4:22 PM

What can be done after a cyber attack? UMBC cybersecurity expert offers tips following DNC breach

On June 14, the Democratic National Committee announced that its computer system had been hacked. Rick Forno, director of UMBC’s graduate program in cybersecurity and assistant director of the...

Posted: June 28, 2016, 6:59 PM

Rick Forno explains digital fingerprints in The Daily Record

As they navigate the internet, people leave digital fingerprints in their wake, and companies regularly use this data to learn more about their customers and target audiences. If this data ends up...

Posted: June 28, 2016, 4:35 PM

Maryland Dept. of Commerce recognizes Dean Julie Ross for advancing STEM education

In Baltimore, women hold approximately 31% of the positions in computer and mathematical fields, compared with the national average of 26.5% of women who hold positions in these areas. On MDBiz...

Posted: June 22, 2016, 4:45 PM

Developers and designers team up in new UMBC mobile app course

Effective mobile apps require solid visual and technical design. A new course launched in spring 2016 brought together UMBC arts and computer science students to create new apps from scratch,...

Posted: June 6, 2016, 8:00 PM

U.S. News STEM Solutions panels highlight UMBC’s focus on inclusive excellence, supporting students

UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski and Dean Julie Ross, of the College of Engineering and Information Technology, shared powerful insights on how to support student success during the U.S. News STEM...

Posted: June 2, 2016, 8:04 PM

Julie Ross explains how UMBC is preparing students for jobs of the future at Washington Post “Transformers” event

How do you prepare students for jobs that don’t exist yet? UMBC’s Julie Ross, dean of the College of Engineering and Information Technology, tackled this question alongside David Kenny, general...

Posted: June 2, 2016, 7:19 PM

Erin Lavik’s dynamic TEDxBroadway talk connects theatre and engineering

When Erin Lavik, professor of chemical, biochemical and environmental engineering, was pursuing her graduate degree, she was required to pursue a minor outside of her discipline, and she selected...

Posted: May 25, 2016, 6:55 PM

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