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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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Kimberly Moffitt analyzes the Freddie Gray case and upcoming local elections on The Marc Steiner Show

Kimberly Moffitt, an associate professor of American studies, was a guest on WEAA’s The Marc Steiner Show on November 30 to discuss several local and national topics in the news. Moffitt, who is a...

Posted: December 3, 2015, 4:04 PM

Starting at Sparrows Point, humanities research amplifies voices and histories of Baltimore communities

For 125 years, Baltimore’s Sparrows Point Steel Mill employed tens of thousands of steel workers and was a center of community life in the region. At one point the mill was the world’s largest...

Posted: December 1, 2015, 11:25 PM

Goalkeeper Billy Heavner ’17 receives top academic honor in U.S. college sports

UMBC goalkeeper and men’s soccer co-captain Billy Heavner ’17, financial economics, has been selected to the 2015 Academic All-America Division I Men’s Soccer First Team by the College Sports...

Posted: December 1, 2015, 7:47 PM

NASA’s Operation IceBridge confirms observations on ice shelf collapse, JCET researcher Shuman explains

NASA’s Operation IceBridge, a survey of polar ice, carried out parallel flights in the north and south poles for the first time in seven years. The mission to the Antarctic Peninsula recorded a...

Posted: December 1, 2015, 1:59 AM

Jason Loviglio comments on boosting diversity in podcasting in National Journal

A National Journal article published November 23 examines why, even with the recent boom in podcasts, people of color are underrepresented among podcasters. Radio expert Jason Loviglio, associate...

Posted: November 25, 2015, 5:48 PM

Grad student Liz Winters ’13 featured on Maryland Public Television’s Ways to Pay for College program

A recent program produced by Maryland Public Television about college affordability featured UMBC student Liz Winters ’13, psychology, and current master’s student in industrial and organizational...

Posted: November 25, 2015, 3:14 PM

Constantine Vaporis presents research at University of Pennsylvania Center for Integrated Study of Japan inauguration

In conjunction with the inauguration of University of Pennsylvania’s new Center for the Integrated Study of Japan, Constantine Vaporis presented an invited talk that focused on his research about...

Posted: November 25, 2015, 2:18 PM

F. Chris Curran writes Baltimore Sun op-ed about educational opportunity in Baltimore City

Following up on the recent release of several education assessments for the state of Maryland, F. Chris Curran, an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, wrote a Baltimore Sun op-ed...

Posted: November 23, 2015, 9:42 PM

Marjoleine Kars reveals the untold story of the Atlantic Slave Rebellion in the Dutch Caribbean

Note: This story was updated on March 22, 2016. From 1763-1764, nearly 5,000 enslaved people in the Dutch colony of Berbice in South America rebelled. In studying the history of the rebellion...

Posted: November 23, 2015, 4:46 PM

APHA national meeting features UMBC leadership in social and policy dimensions of health research

UMBC took center stage as more than 13,000 public health professionals gathered in Chicago for the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting, November 1-4, 2015. President Freeman...

Posted: November 13, 2015, 11:51 PM

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