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Shreya Swaminathan and Linhdan Tran are carrying out a trypan assay, a protocol used to measure the number of live and dead cells in a sample. It’s one of the many procedures students learn in the Translational Life Science Technology major, which provides students with skills applicable to work in drug discovery and manufacturing.

Biotech Buzz

Dec 3, 2024 / 12 minutes of reading
A woman stands at a microphone using her voice to give a presentation to a room of people. There is a sign propped up that reads "Festival of Literary Arts"

Renaissance woman: Khadijah Ali-Coleman ’95 lends her varied voice to the Maryland humanities

Nov 27, 2024 / 5 minutes of reading
In 1995, James Atsaides was elected president of the UMBC Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Meet a Retriever—James Atsaides ‘71, psychology, Founding Four member and planned giving donor

Nov 26, 2024 / 10 minutes of reading
David Williams teaching at a blackboard on the framework of his new book, Quality as an Organizational Strategy: Building a System of Improvement.

Meet a Retriever—David M. Williams, M.S. ’02, author and scholar-practitioner of the “Science of Improvement”

Nov 13, 2024 / 4 minutes of reading
a man received an alumni award from a woman on stage behind a podium that says UMBC

Faisal Quader, Ph.D. ’20: Expanding access to the cyber ecosystem

Nov 7, 2024 / 6 minutes of reading
A woman in graduation regalia poses with a chesapeake bay retriever statue with a diploma in it's mouth.

Meet a Retriever—Emma Swartling ’10, prenatal and pediatric chiropractor

Oct 31, 2024 / 5 minutes of reading
Twelve large jars filled with water and with sand at the bottom on a green countertop. A horseshoe crab poster is behind the jars, signage reads "Crabs: Older than dinosaurs"

Alumna introduces horseshoe crabs to K-12 classrooms to raise these scientifically useful arthropods

Oct 28, 2024 / 4 minutes of reading
layered paint with waves of color

Baltimore-based international animation festival Sweaty Eyeballs returns with a visual feast

Oct 10, 2024 / 5 minutes of reading
Jennifer Matthews '02, owner of the independent bookstore Growing Minds in Catonsville, stands against a wall holding a stack of books.

Meet a Retriever—Jennifer Matthews ’02, Catonsville bookstore owner

Sep 4, 2024 / 3 minutes of reading
a vet crouches down with a dog, sitting on the grass on a sunny day

Healing from home—with Taylor Gaines ’13, Doc on the Go

Aug 30, 2024 / 5 minutes of reading
Lola Akinmade Åkerström ‘98, M.S. ‘02 headshot.

Meet a Retriever—Lola Akinmade Åkerström ‘98, M.S. ‘02, award-winning visual storyteller

Aug 21, 2024 / 5 minutes of reading
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