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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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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

Alumni Win NSF Graduate Fellowships

Congratulations to the following alumni for receiving National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships: Anissa Alexander ’11, biochemistry and molecular biology (M19*) Geoffrey...

Posted: April 3, 2013, 4:58 PM

Ekey ’11, PoliSci and MLL, Named Rangel Fellow

Vivian Ekey ’11, political science and modern languages and linguistics, was recently chosen to be a Rangel Fellow. The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare...

Posted: April 2, 2013, 7:48 PM

Vivian Ekey ’11 Chosen as Rangel Fellow

Vivian Ekey ’11, political science and modern languages and linguistics, was recently chosen to be a Rangel Fellow. The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare...

Posted: April 2, 2013, 7:19 PM

Khaki ’10, Vis Arts, Explores Impact of War in Film

A native of Iran, Sara Khaki ’10, visual arts, has seen the after-effects of war first-hand. Now she’s combining her passion for film making and the love of her home country into a documentary...

Posted: April 2, 2013, 9:32 AM

Alumni Help Student Job Searchers “Clothes The Deal”

Students kicked off Career Week 2013 a bit more “dressed to impress” than normal this year thanks to alumni, staff and faculty donations to “Clothes The Deal,” a program through which students...

Posted: April 1, 2013, 6:39 PM

Center For Urban Families Honors Bell-McKoy ’73, Soc

The Center for Urban Families will honor Diane Bell-McKoy ’73, sociology, CEO of Associated Black Charities, at its 2nd annual Urban Visionary Award (UVA) ceremony later this month, the group...

Posted: April 1, 2013, 5:42 PM

Ph.D. Alumni Help Promote Department of Physics

Two alumni appear in a new promotional video launched by UMBC’s Department of Physics. The video, which talks about the types of study and research conducted within the department, featured...

Posted: April 1, 2013, 10:07 AM