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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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Outstanding Alumni of the Year for 2012 Announced

The UMBC Alumni Association will honor six alumni and UMBC president Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, at the annual Outstanding Alumni of the Year Awards ceremony on Thursday, October 11, 2012. Learn...

Posted: September 17, 2012, 12:10 PM

141 Characters in Search of an Audience

Can Alli Houseworth ’03 save American Theatre? She’s Trying: One Tweet at a Time by Richard Byrne ’86 photos by Marlayna Demond ’11 The annual Theatre Communications Group (TCG) conference is...

Posted: September 13, 2012, 6:49 PM

We're Number One…Again!

UMBC is proud to be recognized again as a national leader in innovation and undergraduate teaching in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges guide. For the fourth year in a row, UMBC tops...

Posted: September 12, 2012, 2:21 PM

We’re Number One…Again!

UMBC is proud to be recognized again as a national leader in innovation and undergraduate teaching in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges guide. For the fourth year in a row, UMBC tops...

Posted: September 12, 2012, 2:21 PM

The Beats Go On

At his San Francisco museum, UMBC alumnus Jerry Cimino ’76 makes sure the world is still hep to one of America’s greatest literary movements. By Jenny O’Grady Photos by Mirissa Neff and...

Posted: September 11, 2012, 7:19 PM

A SIRI-ous Mind

British writer and scientist Arthur C. Clarke once wrote that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” And for many of us, that’s exactly how the beeps and pings...

Posted: September 11, 2012, 7:11 PM