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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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Hearts and Minds: Lisa and Dwayne Price

From the start, Lisa (Dates) Price ’87, information systems and Dwayne Price ’87, information systems, ’87, seemed destined to become a couple. They met on the first day of freshman orientation....

Posted: April 23, 2014, 2:16 PM

Alumni Perk: Insurance Program

The Cost of Waiting: Consider Long Term Care Insurance Now A major challenge of retirement planning is finding an affordable way to fund the potential need for extended care, whether in your own...

Posted: April 22, 2014, 1:53 PM

Thank You for Helping Our Students!

After a very successful Career Week that included the Clothing Closet and Sweeten Up Your Network events, we wanted to thank you for helping our students. Whether you volunteered your time or...

Posted: April 21, 2014, 7:36 PM

Round-Up: UMBC In the News, 4/18

One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll be...

Posted: April 18, 2014, 3:11 PM

6 Reasons to Nominate Someone Great…

There’s really no question that Retrievers are some of the best and brightest in Maryland and around the world. Our alumni are teaching at Harvard and MIT. They’re doctors and researchers at Johns...

Posted: April 17, 2014, 8:14 PM

Hearts and Minds: Bob and Patti Pfeiff

Bob Pfeiff  ’82, economics, was a quiet, slightly home-sick freshman from rural Southern Maryland. Patti Kattowski ’81, health science and policy and sociology, was a bubbly sophomore from New...

Posted: April 17, 2014, 3:15 PM

Hearts and Minds: Katelyn Niu and Kevin Yang

In the fall of 2003, Kevin Yang ’07 computer science and financial economics and Katelyn Niu ’05, biochemistry, found themselves in the same physics study group. But their relationship began to...

Posted: April 15, 2014, 2:11 PM