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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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Recipients of UMBC’s 2024 – 25 START, SURFF grant awards announced

UMBC’s Division of Research and Creative Achievement recently announced the recipients of the 2025 Strategic Awards for Research Transitions (START) award,and the 2024 Summer Research Faculty...

Posted: September 13, 2024, 3:07 PM

UMBC students expand skill sets, explore career opportunities with summer 2024 internships

This summer, UMBC students have hit the ground running in exploration of possible post-graduation opportunities with internship placements across a wide range of industries and career fields that...

Posted: August 28, 2024, 9:39 AM

Growing from the unexpected—nonlinear internships surprise Retrievers with success

Anil Shaji was pretty content going to UMBC for classes and returning to his home in Elkridge, Maryland, as soon as his academic obligations were over. Until one day, a notice on myUMBC caught his...

Posted: August 16, 2024, 4:22 PM

UMBC chemical engineering student intern finds purpose giving patients hope

A few weeks into her summer internship with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, rising senior Ortisemoyowa “Moyo” Ikomi, chemical engineering, attended an event celebrating a milestone in the...

Posted: August 16, 2024, 3:41 PM

Peter Wilschke ’24, political science and economics, celebrates national research accomplishments

Peter Wilschke ’24, economics and political science, hit the ground running after graduation in May, beginning a two-year research assistant position at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in...

Posted: August 13, 2024, 4:36 PM

Leah Narat ’24 lands elite NASA internship in business intelligence

NASA holds a special place in the public’s imagination. The federal space agency has delivered astronauts to the moon, collected breathtaking images of the cosmos with space telescopes, explored...

Posted: August 8, 2024, 3:29 PM

UMBC scientists show twisted carbon nanotubes might power “wind-up” sensors and other devices

An international team of scientists, including two researchers who now work in the Center for Advanced Sensor Technology (CAST) at UMBC, has shown that twisted carbon nanotubes can store three...

Posted: July 30, 2024, 2:01 PM

With eye to research, UMBC expands partnership with Baltimore-based energy company Constellation

UMBC is strengthening the university’s research connection with the energy company Constellation, expanding on a partnership of more than 20 years with the Baltimore-based business. Constellation,...

Posted: July 30, 2024, 11:57 AM

Massive IT outage spotlights major vulnerabilities in the global information ecosystem

Written by Richard Forno, principal lecturer in computer science and electrical engineering, UMBC The global information technology outage on July 19, 2024, that paralyzed organizations...

Posted: July 19, 2024, 3:46 PM

Karen Chen wins NSF CAREER award to build tools to empower students with data

When Karen Chen’s now teenage son was in third grade, he would complain that math homework was “boring.” Chen wanted to change his perspective. She presented him with extracurricular math problems...

Posted: July 17, 2024, 2:43 PM

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