Career Q&A: Nilusha Jayasinghe ’13, biological sciences and Spanish, M.S. ’15 applied molecular biology

Oct 1, 2015 / 3 minutes of reading

Every so often, we’ll chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. Today we’re talking with Nilusha Jayasinghe ’13, biological sciences and Spanish, M.S. ’15 applied molecular biology, about her work as a researcher at the National Institutes of Health. Name: Nilusha Jayasinghe Job Title: Intramural Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health Major/Minor: Undergrad: Biology and Spanish, Grad: Applied Molecular Biology (AMB) Grad Year: Undergrad: 2013, Grad: 2015 Tell me a little about the research project you’re involved in at NIH. I study the genetics of blood and lymph vessel development and differentiation during vertebrate development using the model… Continue Reading Career Q&A: Nilusha Jayasinghe ’13, biological sciences and Spanish, M.S. ’15 applied molecular biology

Raising Voices: Stefanie Mavronis ’12 on her work on the Marc Steiner Show

Sep 30, 2015 / 3 minutes of reading

Stefanie Mavronis ‘12, political science and media and communication studies, has been committed to social justice for a long time now, and eventually plans to pursue graduate study in public policy. But for now, she’s doing that work in a somewhat unconventional and unexpected place: a Baltimore radio station. Over the past three years, she’s used her job as a producer on WEAA-FM’s Marc Steiner Show to forge valuable relationships within the city that she loves and tell award-winning stories about the people who live there. This past June, she and her co-producer Mark Gunnery (pictured on the right) received… Continue Reading Raising Voices: Stefanie Mavronis ’12 on her work on the Marc Steiner Show

Alumni Awards 2015: Nicole DeBlase ’06, Financial Economics

Sep 30, 2015 / 2 minutes of reading

In the weeks leading up to the Alumni Awards Ceremony, we’ll be profiling each of this year’s honorees in detail here on the blog. Today we’re featuring our 2015 Rising Star alumna, Nicole DeBlase ’06, financial economics. Nicole DeBlase is an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, a position she has held since early 2014. Prior to this, she worked her way up the equity research ladder from Baltimore to Wall Street. She started off as an undergraduate intern at the Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Company and moved into their rotational analyst program after graduation. When that bank was acquired by PNC… Continue Reading Alumni Awards 2015: Nicole DeBlase ’06, Financial Economics

Visual and Performing Arts Alumnae in the News

Sep 29, 2015 / 1 minute of reading

No matter what they study, our alumni go on to do some pretty amazing things after they graduate. Today, we’re featuring Dani Baer ’13, graphic design, and Megan Zlock ’09, animation, two women who each took a less-than-conventional path after graduating with arts degrees. Dani Baer ‘13, graphic design, performed with Suspended Citizens, an all-female aerialist troupe, at this year’s 29th annual Reisterstown Festival. Baer, who has experience in dance and gymnastics, first got into aerial silks last year, and now trains every day in addition to her full-time job as a graphic designer. For more about Suspended Citizens, and… Continue Reading Visual and Performing Arts Alumnae in the News

Alumni Awards 2015: Dr. Lisa Urkevich ’86, Visual and Performing Arts

Sep 28, 2015 / 2 minutes of reading

In the weeks leading up to the Alumni Awards Ceremony, we’ll be profiling each of this year’s honorees in detail here on the blog. Today we’re featuring our Visual and Performing Arts award winner, Dr. Lisa Urkevich ’86, visual and performing arts (music). Dr. Lisa Urkevich is an ethnomusicologist and academic who has been based primarily in Kuwait since 2003. She is a 2015-16 Visiting Scholar at Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and her book, Music and Traditions of the Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar–which is based on years of research conducted in that part of the world–was… Continue Reading Alumni Awards 2015: Dr. Lisa Urkevich ’86, Visual and Performing Arts

Alumni Awards 2015: Dr. Yoon-Ho Kim, Ph.D. ’01, Applied Physics

Sep 25, 2015 / 1 minute of reading

In the weeks leading up to the Alumni Awards Ceremony, we’ll be profiling each of this year’s honorees in detail here on the blog. Today we’re featuring our Natural and Mathematical Sciences award winner, Dr. Yoon-Ho Kim, Ph.D. ’01, applied physics. Dr. Yoon-Ho Kim is a physicist, researcher, and professor at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in applied physics from UMBC in 2001 and worked as a Wigner Fellow at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory before starting at POSTECH in 2004. Currently, his research involves the experimental aspects of quantum information and… Continue Reading Alumni Awards 2015: Dr. Yoon-Ho Kim, Ph.D. ’01, Applied Physics

Roundup: UMBC in the News

Sep 24, 2015 / 1 minute of reading

One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll be sharing with you a round-up of the most newsworthy achievements from our community. Dennis Coates and Brad Humphries, economics, have found that sports stadiums depress local wages for workers in other entertainment-related fields. The play Kerrmoor, written by Susan McCully, theatre, directed by Eve Muson, theatre, and produced by Baltimore’s own Interrobang and Strand Theatre Companies, will premiere as part of the Women’s Voices Theater… Continue Reading Roundup: UMBC in the News

Alumni Awards 2015: Dr. Tara Carpenter

Sep 23, 2015 / 1 minute of reading

In the weeks leading up to the Alumni Awards Ceremony, we’ll be profiling each of this year’s honorees in detail here on the blog. First up is our Outstanding Faculty Award winner, Dr. Tara Carpenter of UMBC’s own Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Dr. Tara Carpenter is a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UMBC. Dr. Carpenter developed a passion for teaching as a graduate teaching assistant at Duquesne University, and after she completed her Ph.D., she sought out academic positions that made teaching undergraduates a priority. She was drawn to UMBC’s welcoming campus culture and its enthusiasm… Continue Reading Alumni Awards 2015: Dr. Tara Carpenter

Doing Good with Trauma: Lia Mack ’98 releases new novel

Sep 22, 2015 / 4 minutes of reading

Matty Bell, the 30-year-old protagonist of the novel Waiting for Paint to Dry, is a woman in constant survival mode, a woman, wounded as a girl, who hasn’t fully healed. The novel follows her through her recovery from a traumatic rape during her teenage years, as she learns to fully embrace life again. Hers is an experience the book’s author, Lia Mack ‘98, psychology, is intimately familiar with as a survivor of sexual assault, and her story arose from the author’s own healing process. The book was a long time coming, says Mack. Writing the novel itself was a ten-year… Continue Reading Doing Good with Trauma: Lia Mack ’98 releases new novel

Roundup: UMBC in the News

Sep 18, 2015 / 2 minutes of reading

One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll be sharing with you a round-up of the most newsworthy achievements from our community. We’re number 41! On GrubHub’s list of the most caffeinated schools in the country, that is. Makes you wonder if we should be drinking more or less coffee… UMBC researchers are partnering with UMass Amherst and Williams College on a project that aims to improve electricity use based on meter data. Many… Continue Reading Roundup: UMBC in the News

Roundup: UMBC in the News

Sep 10, 2015 / 1 minute of reading

One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll be sharing with you a round-up of the most newsworthy achievements from our community. UMBC is the #4 “Most Innovative” college in America and places #6 in undergraduate teaching, according to this year’s U.S. News and World Report rankings. President Hrabowski praises Tim Ryan, Baltimore Sun publisher and next head of the L.A. Times and San Diego Union-Tribune. John Rennie Short, public policy, views the immigration… Continue Reading Roundup: UMBC in the News

Micro Economics – Mike Adelstein ’96

Sep 4, 2015 / 4 minutes of reading

Mike Adelstein ’96, biochemistry and molecular biology, gets excited by the littlest things. As president and CEO of Potomac Photonics Inc., he leads a company that uses advanced manufacturing technologies (high-tech lasers and 3-D printing) to create and manufacture essential and ultra-tiny parts used in products ranging from space satellites to espresso makers. Nearly every prototype that Potomac Photonics produces can fit in Adelstein’s palm, or his shirt pocket, and he keeps plenty of examples on hand to share with visitors. “Look at this!” he says, eyes shining, as he produces a thread-like sample for examination. It’s a surgical suture,… Continue Reading Micro Economics – Mike Adelstein ’96

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