Alumnus Jeremy Yap ’08, biological sciences, was recently honored as one of four national winners of a 2012-2013 American Chemical Society (ACS) Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship. Yap is currently attending the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, where his work “focuses on the design and synthesis of small-molecule inhibitors (drugs) of oncogenic protein–protein interactions,” according to University of Maryland news. The story also notes that the fellowship will allow Yap to pursue his research by providing a full, year-long stipend. “This is as an excellent example of how important collaboration is in any professional setting,” said Yap upon being named… Continue Reading Yap '08, BioSci, Wins Predoctoral Fellowship
The Homecoming Communications Committee is looking for alumni, faculty and staff to answer this question for a fun (and hopefully FUNNY) video to help promote campus interest in Retriever Fever: UMBC Homecoming 2012, October 10-13, 2012. Maybe you love school spirit (Go Dawgs!). Maybe you’re a huge Ira Glass fan (He’s our special guest!!). Perhaps it’s the all-you-can-eat crabs (Mmmmm…crabs.). Be creative…we want a little bit of everything, and we’d love to represent as many campus groups as possible. Swing by our video taping and let us know why YOU are pumped for Homecoming! Time commitment = 5-10 minutes, tops.… Continue Reading Video Project: Why are YOU pumped for Homecoming?
Former UMBC track and field standout and NCAA champion Cleopatra Borel ’02, INDS, is competing in her third Olympic Games for her native Trinidad and Tobago, once again in the shot put. Borel placed 17th in 2008 in Beijing after finishing in 10th at the 2004 Games in Athens. “We are very proud of Cleopatra and all that she has accomplished in her career,” said UMBC head track and field coach David Bobb ’02, health administration and policy. “We wish her the absolute best as she continues to represent Trinidad and Tobago and UMBC is the best possible way.” The… Continue Reading Borel '02, INDS, to Compete in Her Third Olympics
To UMBC’s alumni: I am delighted to share the news that Freeman Hrabowski has been appointed by President Obama to chair the newly created President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. The announcement was made by the White House Thursday afternoon. The Commission will advise President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan and will work closely with the newly formed White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. The Commission will also lead a national dialogue – engaging the business, philanthropic, nonprofit, and education communities – on African American achievement from early childhood through adulthood. UMBC’s success… Continue Reading President Obama Appoints UMBC President as Chair of National Education Commission
Alumnus Matthew Panunto ’12, M.S. geography and environmental systems (GES), has won the 2012 American Water Resources Association (AWRA) National Conference Student Poster Competition for his submission “Effects of valley segment sequencing on floodplain hydroperiods.” According to the abstract, Panunto and co-authors Philippe Vidon, Pierre-André Jacinthe, and GES professor Matthew Baker’s piece used “numerical simulations of… hypothetical hydraulic constraints and empirical characterizations of valley segments and flood hydrographs in central Indiana’s White River valley” in order to understand more about the impact of “valley sequencing” on floodplain hydroperiods, or when a region is waterlogged. Along with a certificate and monetary… Continue Reading Panunto '12, M.S. GES, Wins Poster Competition
Graduate student-athlete Joseph Bieberich ’12, environmental science, will receive the first annual Haud Collumi Scholarship, which is funded largely by alumni of the UMBC Rugby Football Club. Bieberich is captain of the men’s rugby team. During Bieberich’s senior year at UMBC, he was voted captain & president of the UMBC men’s rugby team, and is currently entering his eighth semester with the team this fall. In the fall of 2011, the team made the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year, and in the spring of 2012, the team brought home first place trophies from both the Frostbite and Rocky Gorge… Continue Reading Bieberich Receives First Annual Haud Collumi Scholarship
We all give to UMBC for different reasons. In this “Portraits of Giving,” double alumna Helen Phillips ’98, M.S. ’01, mechanical engineering, shares the story behind why she created a scholarship in honor of her mother. As one of the first recipients of the Anthony Alvarez Award for Outstanding Students in Engineering, Phillips truly understands the importance of student scholarships — and the personal value of giving back. VIDEO: Portraits of Giving
We all give to UMBC for different reasons. In this “Portraits of Giving,” double alumna Helen Phillips ’98, M.S. ’01, mechanical engineering, shares the story behind why she created a scholarship in honor of her mother. As one of the first recipients of the Anthony Alvarez Award for Outstanding Students in Engineering, Phillips truly understands the importance of student scholarships — and the personal value of giving back. VIDEO: Portraits of Giving
UMBC’s alumni showed themselves to be true “Retriever Believers” this fiscal year, helping UMBC to exceed its goals for alumni giving for Fiscal Year 2012, the Office of Development reports. Final numbers for the fiscal year, which ran from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, showed that: 2,515 alumni donors contributed during FY12, a 17% increase over FY11 Alumni donors contributed $316,780, a 5.6% increase over our FY12 goal 517 alumni gave for the first time this year; of that group, 63% are graduates of the last ten years UMBC had an 84% pledge fulfillment rate (industry standard is… Continue Reading UMBC Beats Giving Goals for FY12
Recent UMBC Ph.D. alumnus Sanjit Karmakar ’12, physics, has been featured in a Baltimore Sun story focusing on his work in “ghost imaging,” the process by which a picture can be taken without actually “seeing” the object which is being photographed. The camera Karmakar designed, which Sun reporter Jonathan Pitts described as “look[ing] like a cross between an 1890s camera and a bulky steamer trunk,” utilizes the light of the sun as the source for images, which are generated on a computer using mathematics associated with quantum physics. This process can be used to generate images of objects on other… Continue Reading Karmakar '12, Physics, Explains “Ghost Imaging” Research in Baltimore Sun
Recent UMBC Ph.D. alumnus Sanjit Karmakar ’12, physics, has been featured in a Baltimore Sun story focusing on his work in “ghost imaging,” the process by which a picture can be taken without actually “seeing” the object which is being photographed. The camera Karmakar designed, which Sun reporter Jonathan Pitts described as “look[ing] like a cross between an 1890s camera and a bulky steamer trunk,” utilizes the light of the sun as the source for images, which are generated on a computer using mathematics associated with quantum physics. This process can be used to generate images of objects on other… Continue Reading Karmakar '12, Physics, Explains “Ghost Imaging” Research in Baltimore Sun
Five alumni will perform a chamber music concert at UMBC this month to benefit a Baltimore program that provides music lessons to inner-city youth. The show, to be held in the UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall on July 28 at 3:30 p.m., will feature the following alumni musicians as they take on works by Haydn, Schoenfield and Dvořák: music majors Rachele Sills ’07, Erin Terwilliger ’09, Ryan Bridgland ’06, Stefanie Watson ’05, and Winnie Nham ’09, political science. “Music has played an important role for us throughout our lives, and we believe that every student should be afforded the opportunity to learn… Continue Reading Alumni To Play Chamber Concert at UMBC to Benefit Young Musicians
