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Celebrating 30 years of the Linehan Artist Scholars Program
On May 2 and 3, the campus celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Linehan Artist Scholars Program with two days of festivities attended by dozens of alumni, current scholars, and incoming students. “Earl and Darielle Linehan’s commitment to UMBC and the Linehan Artist Scholars Program has created transformative learning experiences for hundreds of talented undergraduates…
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Janerra Allen, Ph.D. ’25: A first-generation engineering college grad uplifts fellow students
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Samuel Barnett ’25: Biochemistry researcher with a commitment to giving back
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Gathering a humanities research tool kit to understand a fascinating world
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Tree sap batteries: Student entrepreneur Samuel Bendek imagines a clean energy future less reliant on critical minerals
UMBC Magazine
Fall 2024 Issue
Everyone Is Watching Women’s Sports
Magazine
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James Smalls’ efforts to restore Féral Benga’s place in 20th-century performing arts just might preserve his grave site as well
Art historian James Smalls, a professor of visual arts, researches the intersections of race, gender, and queer sexuality in both 19th-century art and the broader visual culture of the Black diaspora. Smalls is…
Quick Posts
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UMBC team leads research into AI tools that can assess the feasibility of scientific claims
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TowerCares Foundation makes $300,000 commitment to support UMBC cybersecurity students
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Students celebrate Engineering and Computing Week with fun and networking
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Bio-inspired ‘batteries’ will use phytoplankton to power underwater sensors
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UMBC delegates build international connections at prestigious science and technology conference in India
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Carla Guarraia, Ph.D. ’06, receives Presidential Award for Teaching
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Mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Md Badrul Hasan recognized for research modeling hurricanes with machine learning
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U.S. News ranks UMBC’s online master’s in information systems among best in the nation
Community
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Sam Geleta ’25: A biochemist with dreams of taking his skills back home
When Samuel Geleta arrived at UMBC from Ethiopia, he was confident he wanted to go to medical school. But that was before he started conducting HIV research with Michael Summers and fell in love with the scientific process. This fall, he’s headed to Yale University to pursue a Ph.D. in biomedical and biological sciences. He…
Policy & Society
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ICARE Day celebrates 5 years of environmental research, community partnerships
ICARE began with a handful of faculty members from all three colleges at UMBC who wanted to collaborate more closely. Over time, it grew into an NSF-funded training program that today includes more than 100 people and 36 organizations. Today, trainnes are “combining the skills, knowledge, and perspectives you gained here in ICARE with your already…
Science & Technology
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Dionne Cole ’25: Family, faith, and friends help this Retriever find her academic path
Dionne Cole, a native of Montgomery County, came to UMBC expecting to pursue a career in biology. But after a few semesters, she found her true calling lay in the intersection of social work, public health, and social justice. Guided by her faith as well as the support of her family and the community she…
Arts & Culture
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Kelley Bell, M.F.A ’06, brings a sense of play to the BMA with “Fantastic Village”
When associate professor of visual arts Kelley Bell thinks back to her childhood growing up in the Capitol Hill area of Washington, D.C., she recalls fond memories of playing in her neighborhood playground, locally dubbed as “Turtle Park.” “I remembered the concrete structures behind the turtle in the playground and it really inspired me to…
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UMBC alumnus Jerome Adams nominated for U.S. surgeon general, to replace alumna serving as acting S.G.
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UMBC’s Chris Shuman discusses trillion-ton Antarctic iceberg in U.S. and international media
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UMBC’s Don Engel selected for inaugural cohort of APLU Research Leader Fellows
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UMBC named one of the nation’s top academic workplaces for 8th consecutive year