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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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UMBC Mock Trial heading to Los Angeles to compete in national championship

Just six years after its founding, the UMBC Mock Trial team is already taking the nation by storm. Having outperformed hundreds of other college and university teams since September, these...

Posted: April 5, 2017, 7:48 PM

UMBC’s Elect Her introduces students to electoral politics to boost gender parity in government

UMBC’s Elect Her workshop offered an engaging introduction to electoral politics for dozens of young women from UMBC and local high schools this spring. Kate Drabinski, senior lecturer in gender...

Posted: April 4, 2017, 9:21 PM

First-ever Grand Challenge Symposium focuses on value of interdisciplinary collaboration

The Grand Challenge Scholars Program (GCSP) hosted its inaugural symposium in February, featuring lightning talks by faculty who described their research in relation to the program’s 14 global...

Posted: April 4, 2017, 2:27 PM

New harpsichord graces the stage in Linehan Concert Hall

As the ensemble Musica Spira, featuring UMBC affiliate artist and keyboardist Paula Maust and soprano Grace Srinivasan, steps onto the stage in Linehan Concert Hall on Wednesday, April 5, audience...

Posted: April 2, 2017, 6:59 PM

UMBC receives major award to support inclusive excellence in the humanities

UMBC’s Dresher Center for the Humanities and College of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) are launching a major new five-year initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the...

Posted: March 30, 2017, 2:33 PM

UMBC adds spark to Light City Baltimore

With art, ideas, and entertainment, UMBC will add spark to the second annual Light City Baltimore festival, running from March 31 through April 8 in the Inner Harbor and throughout the city. The...

Posted: March 29, 2017, 4:04 PM

Colin Studds discusses how climate change affects seasonal rhythms on WYPR’s On the Record

February 2017 in Baltimore was 8.5 degrees warmer than average, and 1 degree warmer than an average March. The Washington, DC cherry blossoms were forecast to bloom up to two weeks ahead of their...

Posted: March 24, 2017, 2:28 PM

UMBC Sondheim Scholar creates the Reach Initiative to support Baltimore teen girls in STEM

As a freshman Sondheim Scholar living in UMBC’s service-focused Shriver Living-Learning Community, Isabel Geisler had big plans. Geisler ’17, global studies, wanted to create a support program for...

Posted: March 22, 2017, 6:14 PM

Dawn Biehler spotlights link between urban pests and housing inequality

The last year has brought increased attention to mosquito-borne diseases, including the Zika virus, West Nile virus, and malaria. Dawn Biehler recently brought this discussion closer to home in a...

Posted: March 16, 2017, 6:33 PM

Carla Viviana Coleman highlights how a virtual reality tool is changing work and play

Carla Viviana Coleman, assistant professor of design, is one of five experts who contributed to a special feature on the best-designed products of all time, published by the The Conversation....

Posted: March 15, 2017, 8:29 PM

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