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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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Michelle Stefano and Bill Shewbridge screen ‘Mill Stories’ documentary in Baltimore

For the last three years, UMBC students and faculty have been working on a project to safeguard the heritage of the Sparrows Point Steel Mill community and to amplify the voices and stories of the...

Posted: March 8, 2016, 3:21 PM

Summer fellowships awarded to UMBC faculty across disciplines to pursue impactful research

The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) has awarded Summer Faculty Fellowships (SFFs) to 11 faculty across disciplines. The SFF program supports non-tenured, tenure-track UMBC faculty...

Posted: March 8, 2016, 2:36 PM

UMBC Mock Trial advances to Opening Round Championships

Note: This story has been updated from the original February 3 version. UMBC Mock Trial has earned its second consecutive bid to the American Mock Trial Association’s Opening Round Championships...

Posted: February 29, 2016, 7:30 PM

Public policy and political science faculty provide analysis on U.S. Senate race and Baltimore mayoral election

With Maryland’s primary just two months away, UMBC faculty are being turned to as experts and analysts for elections across the state. Donald Norris School of Public Policy Director Donald...

Posted: February 26, 2016, 8:45 PM

John Rennie Short argues cities are key to U.S. economic growth and social justice

The economy has been a prominent issue during the presidential campaign with a range of ideas for how to spur growth and development across the country. In a new article published in The...

Posted: February 26, 2016, 4:27 PM

Humanities students launch collaborative digital exhibition with American Antiquarian Society

After an intensive semester-long research project, students in Lindsay DiCuirci’s seminar on women and periodicals created a digital exhibition about what life was like for women working in...

Posted: February 26, 2016, 2:32 PM

Political scientist Roy Meyers analyzes the negotiations over President Obama’s final budget

In a new article in The Conversation, Political Science Professor Roy Meyers writes that President Obama’s final budget proposal highlights the growing divide between political parties and shines...

Posted: February 19, 2016, 4:34 PM

Visual culture expert Rebecca Adelman comments on newly declassified photos

This month the Department of Defense released nearly 200 previously classified photos of detainees at military sites across Iraq and Afghanistan. In a new article in The Conversation, visual...

Posted: February 19, 2016, 4:33 PM

UMBC Supreme Court scholar argues former justice has best chance of winning confirmation

Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, there has been widespread speculation over the next steps to fill the vacant seat. William Blake, an assistant professor of political...

Posted: February 18, 2016, 3:48 PM

Steph Ceraso gives students a new perspective on sound in a digital world

From the beep of a text alert to the whir of a laptop fan, soundscapes play a major role in students’ experiences inside and outside the classroom. Steph Ceraso, an assistant professor of English,...

Posted: February 17, 2016, 9:52 PM

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