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Celebrating 30 years of the Linehan Artist Scholars Program
On May 2 and 3, the campus celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Linehan Artist Scholars Program with two days of festivities attended by dozens of alumni, current scholars, and incoming students. “Earl and Darielle Linehan’s commitment to UMBC and the Linehan Artist Scholars Program has created transformative learning experiences for hundreds of talented undergraduates…
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Janerra Allen, Ph.D. ’25: A first-generation engineering college grad uplifts fellow students
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Samuel Barnett ’25: Biochemistry researcher with a commitment to giving back
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Gathering a humanities research tool kit to understand a fascinating world
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Tree sap batteries: Student entrepreneur Samuel Bendek imagines a clean energy future less reliant on critical minerals
UMBC Magazine
Fall 2024 Issue
Everyone Is Watching Women’s Sports
Magazine
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Finding a lifetime of purpose in giving back
A bright yellow bead slides over a red pipe cleaner, then a blue bead followed by green. Soon, the rainbow of beads and wire is twisted this way and that until it resembles…
Quick Posts
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UMBC team leads research into AI tools that can assess the feasibility of scientific claims
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TowerCares Foundation makes $300,000 commitment to support UMBC cybersecurity students
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Students celebrate Engineering and Computing Week with fun and networking
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Bio-inspired ‘batteries’ will use phytoplankton to power underwater sensors
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UMBC delegates build international connections at prestigious science and technology conference in India
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Carla Guarraia, Ph.D. ’06, receives Presidential Award for Teaching
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Mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Md Badrul Hasan recognized for research modeling hurricanes with machine learning
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U.S. News ranks UMBC’s online master’s in information systems among best in the nation
Community
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Three UMBC juniors receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
Lea-Pearl Njei, Caly Ferguson, and Jariatu Kargbo have each received the Goldwater Scholarship for 2025 – 2026. “You need people who believe in you. You need mentors, you need support groups, and you can and will find them at UMBC,” Njei says. Continue Reading Three UMBC juniors receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
Policy & Society
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UMBC’s CIDER program supports new Hilltop Institute-led Medicaid study, other cross-collaborative projects
UMBC researchers are collaborating on a study that takes a closer look at specific diagnosis coding patterns that focus on societal factors that potentially influence the health of Maryland’s Medicaid recipients. Morgan Henderson, director of analytics and research at UMBC’s The Hilltop Institute, and Jun Chu, assistant professor of public health, are among the five…
Science & Technology
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Three UMBC juniors receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
Lea-Pearl Njei, Caly Ferguson, and Jariatu Kargbo have each received the Goldwater Scholarship for 2025 – 2026. “You need people who believe in you. You need mentors, you need support groups, and you can and will find them at UMBC,” Njei says. Continue Reading Three UMBC juniors receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
Arts & Culture
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Kelley Bell, M.F.A ’06, brings a sense of play to the BMA with “Fantastic Village”
When associate professor of visual arts Kelley Bell thinks back to her childhood growing up in the Capitol Hill area of Washington, D.C., she recalls fond memories of playing in her neighborhood playground, locally dubbed as “Turtle Park.” “I remembered the concrete structures behind the turtle in the playground and it really inspired me to…
