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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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Christine Routzahn, Shriver Center, on WYPR’s Midday with Dan Rodricks

Christine Routzahn, director of professional practice, shares UMBC’s internship process and how it positively impacts the undergraduate experience on WYPR’s “Midday with Dan Rodricks,” which aired...

Posted: July 30, 2013, 3:39 PM

Bill LaCourse, Dean of CNMS, in The Baltimore Sun

In a recent Baltimore Sun article on engaging underprivileged and minority students in science, Bill LaCourse, dean of the college of natural and mathematical sciences, voiced the importance of...

Posted: July 18, 2013, 6:47 PM

UMBC makes The Princeton Review’s 2013 list of green colleges

From innovative student ideas to campus programs and campaigns, UMBC is going green—and getting noticed. The Princeton Review has recognized UMBC as a college raising the bar on sustainability in...

Posted: July 18, 2013, 5:56 PM

New campus smoking policy covered by Fox News

On Monday, July 8, Fox News visited the UMBC campus as part of a story on the new USM requirements that all state institutions become smoke free by July 1. Students interviewed for the story...

Posted: July 9, 2013, 6:16 PM

UMBC student places third in Microsoft Cybersecurity 2020 contest

UMBC first-year Cybersecurity (CYBR) MPS student Andrew Shiffer placed third in Microsoft’s “Cybersecurity 2020” student essay contest. The contest allows Microsoft to solicit original research...

Posted: July 8, 2013, 3:16 PM

UMBC Alumni named to Daily Record’s ‘VIP’ and ’20 in Their Twenties’ lists

Erin O’Keefe ’08, MPP, has been named to the Daily Record’s VIP list, which honors leaders under 40 for their professional accomplishments and commitment to inspiring change in their communities....

Posted: July 8, 2013, 2:31 PM

Nicole Else-Quest, Psychology, on WYPR’s Midday with Dan Rodricks

Nicole Else-Quest, assistant professor of psychology joins WYPR’s “Midday with Dan Rodricks” to address gender gap in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) industry, and to discuss...

Posted: June 19, 2013, 10:53 PM

New Media Studio and Maryland Traditions’ “Mill Stories” Project in Dundalk Eagle

New Media Studio and Maryland Traditions’ “Mill Stories” Project in Dundalk Eagle.

Posted: May 28, 2013, 6:47 PM

Shaun Kane, Information Systems, in Discovery News

Access Lens, a research project from Shaun Kane in the Department of Information Systems, was recently covered by Discovery News. This research was presented at the 2013 ACM Conference on Human...

Posted: May 8, 2013, 3:44 PM

From UMBC to the World

Over Spring Break, a group of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering students, Aaron Gibson, Dagmawi Tilahun, Kevin Tran, and Don Wong, led by Professor Govind Rao, and accompanied by...

Posted: April 10, 2013, 5:19 PM

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