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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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In Good Company – Isaac Kinde ’05, BioSci

Isaac Kinde ’05, biological sciences, has a habit of surrounding himself with the right people. As a high school student in Redlands, Calif., he ranked at the top of his class, applying to the...

Posted: September 26, 2013, 7:31 PM

Gathering Threads – Amy Segreti ‘05, English

Shortly after graduating from UMBC, Amy Segreti ’05, English, packed up her belongings and her journalistic ambitions and started driving west. San Francisco was her destination, but she got...

Posted: September 26, 2013, 7:10 PM

Kasper O’Brien ’09, AmSt, to Coach Lax at VCU

Former UMBC women’s lacrosse player Jen Kasper O’Brien ’09, American studies, has been named the head coach of the new Virginia Commonwealth University’s women’s lacrosse program, set to start...

Posted: August 13, 2013, 1:16 PM

Meyerhoff Alums Featured in “Where Are They Now”

Photo by Meyerhoff Scholar Tolu Omokehinde ’16 Now celebrating its 25th year, the Meyerhoff Scholars Program boasts more than 800 graduates, many of whom have gone on to pursue careers as...

Posted: August 12, 2013, 6:23 PM

UMBC Alums to make B.F.A.: The Series

A group of UMBC theatre alumni have something to say about life in the arts, and they’re saying it with a new Baltimore-based web series, B.F.A. On the group’s Indiegogo fundraising page, they...

Posted: August 12, 2013, 3:28 PM

Lax Alumni Invited to U.S. National Team Tryouts

Peet Poillon ’10 Four UMBC alumni are among the 98 invitees for the 2014 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships, where the U.S. men seek to defend their title in Denver,...

Posted: July 31, 2013, 8:17 PM