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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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Slideshow: ANCS Reunion with Alumni and Founding Faculty

The presentation of gifts to founding faculty, L-R: Rudy Storch, Jay Freyman, Marilyn Goldberg, Carolyn Koehler and Walt Sherwin. The Department of Ancient Studies welcomed more than 120 guests —...

Posted: April 17, 2013, 3:19 PM

Career Q&A: Teacher & Poet Jackie Regales ’00, AmSt

Every so often, we’ll chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. Today, in honor of National Poetry Month, we’re talking with English teacher and poet Jackie (Vreatt) Regales...

Posted: April 9, 2013, 6:16 PM

Soccer Team to Raise Money to Honor Alum’s Late Son

Normally, a spring soccer match would not garner a tremendous amount of attention, even in a soccer-crazed area like the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. corridor. But UMBC’s contest vs. Georgetown,...

Posted: April 9, 2013, 3:08 PM

Alumnae Selected for NSF Innovation Corps

Lily Bengfort, Karuna Joshi & Yelena Yesha The team of UMBC computer science professor Yelena Yesha and alumnae Karuna Joshi M.S. ’99, Ph.D. ’12, computer science, and Lily Bengfort ’93,...

Posted: April 8, 2013, 8:30 AM

MFA Alumni on Display at CADVC Through April 20

UMBC’s Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture opened its annual MFA thesis exhibition this week, featuring five new MFA graduates, including two previous UMBC alumnae. The show will be open to...

Posted: April 5, 2013, 1:33 PM

Alumna Teresa Foster Awarded Fellowship

Teresa Foster ’09, gender and women’s studies and history, ’11 M.A. historical studies, and a LLC Ph.D. candidate, is the winner of the 2013-2014 Wing Graduate Fellowship in Colonial Chesapeake...

Posted: April 4, 2013, 4:13 PM

Career Week Highlights Alumni, Helps Students Succeed

In keeping with the zombie-fied theme of this year’s Career Week (April 1-4), dozens of alumni are coming back to their alma mater to help current students understand that finding a job doesn’t...

Posted: April 3, 2013, 6:32 PM