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UMBC Center for Global Engagement welcomes its second cohort of the Young African Leaders Initiative
This summer, UMBC’s Center for Global Engagement (CGE) is excited to welcome its second cohort of the prestigious Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the six-week flagship program of the U.S. Government’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). The new cohort includes 25 innovators from countries across Sub-Saharan Africa representing education, journalism, tech, health care,…
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Kelley Bell named Baker Artist Awardee, Corrie Francis Parks and Katie Hileman are finalists
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Putting UMBC Research on the Map
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UMBC-run program will support twice as many tech internships this summer
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UMBC’s first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence shares unique research on neurodiversity in language teaching and learning
UMBC Magazine
Spring 2024 Issue
Campus As a Lab
Magazine
Quick Posts
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Watch: A recap of UMBC-led NASA Dissipation sounding rocket launch
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Molly Mollica wins American Heart Association Career Development Award
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UMBC’s College of Engineering and Information Technology aligns with UBalt’s Merrick School of Business to deliver enhanced degrees
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CNMS Awards and Recognition Day honors students, faculty, and staff
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Lee Blaney awarded funding to develop new ways to remove “forever chemicals” from water
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COEIT convenes inaugural research day to encourage interdisciplinary collaborations
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Ryan Bloom, English, receives 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship for translation
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Students inspire William Blake’s paper on constitutional amendments in the prestigious ‘American Political Science Review’
Community
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UMBC Center for Global Engagement welcomes its second cohort of the Young African Leaders Initiative
This summer, UMBC’s Center for Global Engagement (CGE) is excited to welcome its second cohort of the prestigious Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the six-week flagship program of the U.S. Government’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). The new cohort includes 25 innovators from countries across Sub-Saharan Africa representing education, journalism, tech, health care,…
Policy & Society
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Peter Wilschke ’24, political science and economics, publishes empirical research as the sole author in the State and Local Government Review journal
“Once you take these courses, your world is kind of open to how empirical research is actually conducted in those fields. Without these classes I would not have known where to start,” says Wilschke. He advises students to approach empirical work as a combination of two things. “You have to care about your research question…
Science & Technology
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Partnership with biotech giant Genentech benefits UMBC graduate students
UMBC doctoral students are reaping the benefits of an innovative partnership between UMBC and biotech leader Genentech. In year three of a five-year program, six students have received financial support and started conducting research with the company through Genentech Fellowships. In addition, many more students have benefited from regular contact with Genentech senior scientists through…
Arts & Culture
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Kelley Bell named Baker Artist Awardee, Corrie Francis Parks and Katie Hileman are finalists
On May 30, Kelley Bell, M.F.A. ’06, associate professor of visual arts, was named one of the six 2024 Baker Artist Awardees, receiving the $10,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize. The awardees were selected by an anonymous jury from a field of almost 700 artists from across the greater Baltimore region. Corrie Francis Parks, associate professor…
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