The UMBC Chess A team earned victories over the A team from the University of Pennsylvania as well as the B teams from the University of Toronto, University of Texas at Austin, and University of Pennsylvania. UMBC finished the competition ahead of Harvard, Princeton, and MIT. Continue Reading UMBC places ninth at 2019 Pan-Am Team Chess Championship Data science has rapidly grown at UMBC, and faculty are now working to enhance data science courses, research, and student experiences. The goal is to ensure they are inclusive, empowering, and effective in preparing students to tackle the urgent problems our society is working to solve, and can scale up to meet student and workforce demands. Continue Reading UMBC receives NSF support to enhance data science courses, research, and student experiences “We want to capitalize on this curiosity and diversity of perspectives,” says Helena Mentis. “Alongside technical skill development, every week we want to introduce challenges around ethics, equality, human behavior, and societal impact, reiterating that a fundamental component of development is thinking through implications.” Continue Reading UMBC students confront ethical challenges through new computing curriculum Students come to UMBC with a variety of experiences and in different stages of life. The unique perspectives of transfer students enrich the University, particularly as students connect with and support each other. Continue Reading “We need people just like you”: Transfer students find, and build, supportive communities at UMBC Al-Adhami earned first place in two qualifying rounds of the competition, on his path to claiming the national title. In Nashville, Al-Adhami and nine other finalists presented their three-minute talks in front of a live audience that selected the ultimate winner. Continue Reading UMBC’s Mustafa Al-Adhami wins national Three-Minute Thesis competition Leading up to UMBC’s Idea Competition, participants spend hours refining their presentations and receiving feedback from their mentors, as well as faculty, staff, family, and friends. Their goal: to gain the funding and professional advice needed to make their ideas a reality. Continue Reading In 2019 Idea Competition, UMBC students focus on inclusion Think of your second-grade volcano project, but the baking soda and vinegar “eruption” is happening inside an enclosed vessel, propelling the car forward down a track. Continue Reading The Driving Force of Chemistry UMBC’s Cyber Defense Team, known as the Cyber Dawgs, has emerged the national champion team in the U.S. Department of Energy’s fifth annual CyberForce Competition. The Cyber Dawgs earned first place overall out of more than 100 teams from universities across the country. Continue Reading UMBC Cyber Dawgs are named CyberForce national champions The newest ACE Fellow to arrive on campus is a two-time UMBC alumna who is shadowing UMBC leaders for the year. Kate Tracy M.A. ‘01, Ph.D. ‘03, psychology, was one of 39 people from across the country to be named ACE Fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year. Tracy is a professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Continue Reading UMBC supports emerging higher ed leaders through ACE Fellows program Jordan Troutman has been selected to be the student commissioner for the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC). He’s a computer science and mathematics major passionate about applying his work at the intersection of technology and policy to improve society. Continue Reading MHEC selects UMBC’s Jordan Troutman, who bridges technology and policy, as student commissioner UMBC’s Lee Blaney and research partners have published a landmark study on contaminants of emerging concern in the Chesapeake Bay that quantifies concentrations of antibiotics, estrogenic hormones, and UV-filters in multiple locations of the Bay. The work highlights the importance of understanding how previously unexamined chemicals impact the environment. Continue Reading UMBC’s Lee Blaney and federal, state partners publish landmark study on contaminants in the Chesapeake Bay UMBC’s team competed in the biomedical and bioengineering innovation student category of the competition, and presented a device called ASTEK, which allows physicians to more effectively treat bacterial infections. Continue Reading Team of UMBC grad students takes first place at 2019 BMEidea competition
UMBC places ninth at 2019 Pan-Am Team Chess Championship
UMBC receives NSF support to enhance data science courses, research, and student experiences
UMBC students confront ethical challenges through new computing curriculum
“We need people just like you”: Transfer students find, and build, supportive communities at UMBC
UMBC’s Mustafa Al-Adhami wins national Three-Minute Thesis competition
In 2019 Idea Competition, UMBC students focus on inclusion
The Driving Force of Chemistry
UMBC Cyber Dawgs are named CyberForce national champions
UMBC supports emerging higher ed leaders through ACE Fellows program
MHEC selects UMBC’s Jordan Troutman, who bridges technology and policy, as student commissioner
UMBC’s Lee Blaney and federal, state partners publish landmark study on contaminants in the Chesapeake Bay
Team of UMBC grad students takes first place at 2019 BMEidea competition
