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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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Michelle Starz-Gaiano brings leadership experience, relationships to new department chair role

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,...

Posted: June 23, 2023, 10:47 AM

UMBC softball nabs 4th consecutive America East title, advances to NCAA tournament

A year after becoming the first team to win three consecutive crowns since UAlbany in 2006 – 2008, UMBC softball has permanently inked their place in the record books with their fourth-straight...

Posted: May 16, 2023, 11:14 AM

UMBC’s 2023 commencement speakers represent the best of higher education

This year’s UMBC commencement speakers represent the best of what higher education strives to be, applying insights to meet the needs of humanity. Commencement speakers Keith T. Elder,...

Posted: May 16, 2023, 10:32 AM

UMBC, Maryland Matters host climate forum with top officials in Gov. Wes Moore’s administration

This week, UMBC and Maryland Matters hosted state officials in Governor Wes Moore’s administration for a community forum on Maryland’s plan to address concerns related to climate change and the...

Posted: May 12, 2023, 4:53 PM

U.S. News Best Graduate School rankings for 2023–24 name UMBC programs among best in the nation

U.S. News announced its 2023-24 Best Graduate School rankings today, highlighting UMBC graduate programs in a broad range of fields, from public policy and several types of engineering to...

Posted: April 25, 2023, 12:43 PM

Lighting design to flu treatment: UMBC students share research and creative work at URCAD 2023

In 2020, Renata Taylor-Smith ’24, theatre, eagerly prepared for her first trip to Munich, Germany to study theatrical lighting design, but a week before she was meant to fly to Germany, her trip...

Posted: April 20, 2023, 2:16 PM

Let’s celebrate! UMBC marks the inauguration of President Valerie Sheares Ashby with community events, April 18 – 27

The University System of Maryland (USM) will formally install Valerie Sheares Ashby as UMBC’s sixth president on April 27, 2023, after UMBC warmly welcomed her to the community last August. A...

Posted: April 14, 2023, 11:53 AM

Amid surging demand for computing education, UMBC initiatives boost student success

On a Friday afternoon in late February, two students hoisted a pair of oversized scissors and cut the ribbon for the space housing one of UMBC’s newest tutoring programs: the Computing Success...

Posted: April 14, 2023, 11:35 AM

UMBC welcomes Tanyka M. Barber as vice president for institutional equity and chief diversity officer

UMBC President Valerie Sheares Ashby has appointed Tanyka M. Barber as the university’s inaugural vice president for institutional equity and chief diversity officer. She will officially join the...

Posted: April 14, 2023, 9:40 AM

UMBC’s Christopher Slaughter, engineering student with health equity focus, wins prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Christopher Slaughter ’23, M31 computer engineering, has won a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue graduate work at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom next fall. Slaughter is the...

Posted: February 15, 2023, 9:20 AM

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