Engineering and Computing Education Program News

Michelle Starz-Gaiano, professor of biological sciences, joined the UMBC faculty as an assistant professor in 2008, fresh from a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. Since then,...

Kayla Tomas ‘23, information systems, maintained a challenging schedule during her undergraduate years. There were days she rose early, studied, and attended classes in the morning and afternoon,...

It’s 4 a.m. in Puerto Rico, and Ellie Bare’s alarm is going off. Within an hour, she and her research colleagues are driving to their forested field site on the north side of the island to record...

Avni Patel Degrees: B.S., Biological Sciences; B.A., Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Hometown: Ellicott City, MD Post-grad plans: Medical school Avni Patel has completed a...

Written by Jeffrey Gardner, associate professor of biological sciences, UMBC One of the scariest things you can be told when at a doctor’s office is “You have an antimicrobial-resistant...

Avi Newman Degrees: B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; B.S., Biological Sciences; B.A., Philosophy Hometown: Derwood, MD Post-grad plans: Graduate school Embracing all of the...

Ellie Bare Degree: B.S., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Hometown: Sharpsburg, MD Post-grad plans: Postbaccalaureate program, National Institutes of Health Ellie Bare has been a...

Arjun Kanjarpane ’24, M32, biochemistry and molecular biology, and Soujanya “Anya” Viswanathan ’24, M32, biological sciences, are the latest UMBC students to be named Goldwater Scholars. By...

Written by Sarah Leupen, senior lecturer of biological sciences, UMBC Everyone has one, but you might not know much about it. Here biologist Sarah Leupen, who teaches human and comparative...

Growing resistance to antibiotics and other antimicrobial treatments is a serious global healthcare challenge. A new study in Antibioticsdemonstrates a method for tracking the spread of genes for...