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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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Professor Kate Brown named 2016 Carnegie Fellow for nuclear disaster research

Kate Brown, a professor of history, has received a prestigious research fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and is one of just 33 scholars nationwide recognized for their...

Posted: April 19, 2016, 1:29 PM

Neuroscientist Robert Provine talks with NPR about laughter and human nature

Robert Provine, psychology research professor and professor emeritus, has spoken with several major national and international news outlets over the last few weeks about his research on crying,...

Posted: April 15, 2016, 7:48 PM

Anne Brodsky named American Council on Education Fellow for 2016-17

The American Council on Education (ACE), has announced that Anne Brodsky has been named an ACE fellow for academic year 2016-17. Brodsky, an associate dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and...

Posted: April 13, 2016, 2:15 PM

Viviana MacManus awarded major national fellowship for social justice research

Viviana MacManus, an assistant professor of gender and women’s studies, has been awarded a Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation....

Posted: April 11, 2016, 2:43 PM

UMBC’s psychology department recognized as a top 10 up and coming undergraduate program

UMBC’s undergraduate psychology program has been named the #3 up and coming program in the East in new rankings by BestPsychologyDegrees.com. The rankings considered the presence of graduate...

Posted: April 8, 2016, 8:31 PM

Alumna Shalonda Holt named 2016 Washington Post Teacher of the Year

The Washington Post has named UMBC alumna Shalonda Holt its 2016 Teacher of the Year. The recognition comes after Holt was named Howard County Teacher of the Year in February. Holt ’07,...

Posted: April 8, 2016, 5:27 PM

Urban policy expert calls for more investment in public transit after D.C. metro shutdown

In a new op-ed published in The Conversation, School of Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short comments on the growing infrastructure gap in the United States and questions why there isn’t more...

Posted: April 8, 2016, 1:59 PM

Jessica Berman publishes new book that examines Virginia Woolf in global contexts

Jessica Berman, director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities and professor of English, has published a new edited volume of 33 essays by leading scholars on the life, work, and multiple...

Posted: April 7, 2016, 8:40 PM

UMBC ed policy experts launch site to track public sentiment on Every Student Succeeds Act

On December 10, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which reauthorizes the 50-year-old Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and replaces the No...

Posted: April 1, 2016, 8:39 PM

As Md. primary nears, UMBC faculty provide expert analysis of 2016 election

UMBC faculty in political science, public policy, and American studies have been in the news providing political analysis as Maryland’s primary election is less than a month away and the...

Posted: April 1, 2016, 5:08 PM

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