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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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Meet a Retriever—Aysia Miller ’24, volleyball player and biology major

Meet Aysia Miller, a senior on the America East championship women’s volleyball team at UMBC. Originally from Mililani, Hawaii, Aysia is majoring in biology and minoring in bioinformatics. As a...

Posted: November 7, 2023, 4:37 PM

Vampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves − and may hold the key to new antiviral therapies

Written by Ivan Erill, professor of biological sciences, UMBC Have you ever wondered whether the virus that gave you a nasty cold can catch one itself? It may comfort you to know that, yes,...

Posted: November 6, 2023, 4:05 PM

Alumni Awards 2023—Making impact through relationships

On the stage of the 35th annual Alumni Awards, awardees and their nominators repeated a shared theme: the freedom and flexibility to grow at UMBC—not alone—but in community. Presented by the...

Posted: November 1, 2023, 12:56 PM

UMBC team makes first-ever observation of a virus attaching to another virus

No one had ever seen one virus latching onto another virus, until anomalous sequencing results sent a UMBC team down a rabbit hole leading to a first-of-its-kind discovery. It’s known that...

Posted: October 31, 2023, 3:34 PM

UMBC mathematician Kathleen Hoffman contributes to research on animal decision-making, with robotics applications

Animals must constantly make the choice between using energy to gather information about their environment or to carry out goal-driven tasks. Animals use sensory input, including humans’ five...

Posted: October 26, 2023, 11:06 AM

Underwater cameras facilitate large-scale study of oyster reef habitat in Chesapeake Bay

A new study used a novel technique to assess types of habitat provided by oyster reefs across 12 tributaries in the Chesapeake Bay. Researchers from UMBC; the University of Maryland, Baltimore...

Posted: October 19, 2023, 10:16 AM

Retriever Essentials student team is runner-up in a nationwide competition to address world hunger

Retriever Essentials, represented by student volunteers Nhi Nguyen ’25, biochemistry and bioinformatics, and Ben Bhattarai ’23, biology and psychology, is a second place finalist in the 2023...

Posted: October 6, 2023, 12:16 PM

Ph.D. candidate Jessica Novak to study biofuels at National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Next February, Jessica Novak, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in biological sciences, will pack her bags and relocate to the National Renewable Energy (NREL) Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. She’ll...

Posted: October 5, 2023, 12:53 PM

Erin Green receives $1.2 million NIH grant to study cellular pathways involved in cancer, neurodegeneration

Having a proper balance of proteins in our cells—the right kinds and the right number, depending on the cell type—is critical for optimal health. The proteins also need to avoid...

Posted: September 29, 2023, 5:17 PM

Standing Ovation for Outstanding Retrievers

At UMBC, we celebrate the accomplishments of our alumni community year round, but our annual Athletics Hall of Fame induction and Alumni Awards ceremony and reception give us a chance to cheer...

Posted: September 27, 2023, 11:56 AM

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