Information Systems News

Three UMBC information technology (IT) leaders have received the Blackboard Catalyst Award for Leading Change in recognition of their work implementing technologies on campus in innovative ways....

Each year, Maryland Incubator Company of the Year (ICOY) Awards recognize the achievements of current and past incubator companies in the state. In 2017, three bwtech@UMBCincubator companies at...

The Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Meeting (CLDE17) held in Baltimore this month offered an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff from colleges and universities across the nation...

UMBC has marked the start of summer by hosting statewide kickoff events for Maryland’s newest group of public service scholars, who will serve at state agencies and nonprofits over the coming...

Helena Mentis, assistant professor of information systems and 2016 recipient of a prestigious NSF CAREER Award, is seeing results in new research using activity trackers and other motion sensors...

Gloria Opoku-Boateng Ph.D. Information Systems Magna Cum Laude Hometown: Laurel, Maryland Plans: User Experience Research Scientist, Northrop Grumman Corporation Here at UMBC, I was...

Matthew Landen B.S., Computer Science and Mathematics Summa Cum Laude Hometown: Ellicott City, Maryland Plans: Ph.D., Georgia Tech UMBC has taught me the value of and need for...

Gabrielle Salib B.S., Interdisciplinary Studies (Human-Centered Computing) Hometown: Millersville, Maryland Plans: Ph.D., Drexel University Throughout my four years at UMBC, I constantly met...

The spring 2017 UMBC Research Forum focused on innovative research in aging and the life course—a notably far-reaching area of study that transcends a diverse range of fields. Speakers discussed...

At the fourth annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition, held on April 26, 2017, six finalists pitched their business ideas to a three-judge expert panel. The projects, selected from 33...