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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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Alumna brings biology mural back to life

Walking down Academic Row, the ground floor windows of the Biological Sciences Building reflect the flow of student traffic, and colorful renditions of animals and microbes, silhouettes of...

Posted: January 23, 2024, 3:31 PM

Before 3 amputations, Chandra Smith was already an accessibility-for-all advocate

By Jessie Newburn It’s 4 a.m. on a Wednesday—earlier than most people rise, though a preference for Chandra Smith, M.S. ’21, information systems. After saying her daily devotion, she begins...

Posted: January 10, 2024, 4:06 PM

Meet a Retriever—Jennifer Herson ’99, Alumni Association Vice President

Meet Jennifer Herson ’99, interdisciplinary studies. Jen is an executive at Data Canopy, a data center and cloud company, and the current Vice President of Operations of the UMBC Alumni...

Posted: January 5, 2024, 10:11 AM

UMBC researchers clarify role of SMYD3 enzyme in prostate cancer progression

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men other than skin cancer, with more than 288,000 new cases diagnosed every year, according to the American Cancer Society. The disease’s fatality...

Posted: December 21, 2023, 10:20 AM

Building the bonfire from scratch

At UMBC, we’re still young enough to be making traditions. Meet Thomas Locastro, biological sciences alumnus, who knew from day one on campus in 2003 that he wanted to leave behind a lasting...

Posted: December 18, 2023, 9:58 AM

Uplifting up-and-coming economists

As a student Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman took notice of something missing in the field of academic economics—people who looked like her. Since then, this Forbes 30 under 30 star in Boston has...

Posted: December 12, 2023, 12:52 PM

Three sisters—all alums—share their family’s recipes for food and comfort

Aimee, Jamie, and Gina Joshua have a lot in common. All three went to UMBC as members of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. And the sisters all have great memories of growing up in a house filled...

Posted: December 7, 2023, 4:32 PM

The man behind the camera

When LeBron James comes calling, you answer the phone. Philip Knowlton ’03, visual arts, knows this better than most. The NBA legend doesn’t have the UMBC alum in his contacts because...

Posted: December 4, 2023, 10:03 AM

Meet a Retriever—Brian Frazee ’11, M.P.P. ’12, Alumni Association President

Meet Brian Frazee, the president and CEO of the Delaware Hospital Association. Brian is a double alum—earning his political science degree in 2011 and his M.P.P. in health policy in 2012—a former...

Posted: November 15, 2023, 2:56 PM

The long shot—4-time Olympian Cleopatra Borel ’02 inducted to Athletics Hall of Fame

Cleopatra Borel had no athletic aspirations when she arrived in Baltimore from Trinidad and Tobago in 1997. She enrolled at what was then Coppin State College on the advice of her high school math...

Posted: November 14, 2023, 3:11 PM

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