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Retrievers are upping their research game in the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program cohort
UMBC’s 2024 – 2025 Fulbright U.S. Student Program class are sharing their knowledge and building community around the world by earning a master’s degree, conducting research, or teaching English. This year is especially significant, as six of seven awards are research-focused, marking the highest number of research awards in UMBC’s Fulbright history. Continue Reading Retrievers…
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First recipients of the CAHSS Dean’s Education Abroad Scholarship share rich global experiences
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Meet a Retriever—Ridwan Islam Sifat, international doctoral student in public policy
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New study increases understanding of HIV drug’s negative effects on the brain
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UMBC hosts “NASA Days” event series with Goddard Space Flight Center
UMBC Magazine
Spring 2024 Issue
Campus As a Lab
Magazine
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Meet a Retriever—Ridwan Islam Sifat, international doctoral student in public policy
Meet Ridwan Islam Sifat, an M.P.P. graduate student and doctoral student at UMBC’s School of Public Policy researching healthcare disparities among intersex individuals in the United States. Sifat joined UMBC as an international…
Quick Posts
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GESTAR II center awarded $47 million extension on cooperative agree with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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UMBC launches new Center for Ethics and Values as a hub for students, researchers, and the broader community
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Upal Ghosh appointed to D.C. mayor’s Leadership Council for a Cleaner Anacostia River
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Hrabowski Fund for Innovation awardees announced
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Creative, scientifically accurate eclipse animation selected for screening at Iron Mule Film Festival
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Recipients of UMBC’s 2024 – 25 START, SURFF grant awards announced
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Quantum photonics expertise earns UMBC spot in DOE Frontiers in Energy Research Center
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With eye to research, UMBC expands partnership with Baltimore-based energy company Constellation
Community
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First recipients of the CAHSS Dean’s Education Abroad Scholarship share rich global experiences
“This is a pivotal moment for education abroad at UMBC. The CAHSS Dean’s Scholarship for Education Abroad is the most significant investment in increasing access to study abroad in UMBC’s history,” says Katherine Heird, director of education abroad and global learning at UMBC’s Center for Global Engagement. “If you are a student who wants to…
Policy & Society
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Meet a Retriever—Ridwan Islam Sifat, international doctoral student in public policy
Meet Ridwan Islam Sifat, an M.P.P. graduate student and doctoral student at UMBC’s School of Public Policy researching healthcare disparities among intersex individuals in the United States. Sifat joined UMBC as an international student after earning both a B.S. and M.S. in development studies from The Bangladesh University of Professionals where he studied the social…
Science & Technology
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New study increases understanding of HIV drug’s negative effects on the brain
Efavirenz is an important drug for treating HIV infection, but it has negative effects that can significantly impact patients’ quality of life over time. It causes neuropsychiatric disorders and neurocognitive impairment in roughly 50 percent of patients. The drug is associated with abnormal lipid levels in blood plasma, but the molecular mechanisms responsible for negative…
Arts & Culture
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Meet a Retriever—Buhlebakhe Ncube, a 2024 Young African Leaders Initiative Fellow
Meet Buhlebakhe Ncube from Zimbabwe. She spent six weeks at UMBC as part of the 2024 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the flagship program of the U.S. Government’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) hosted by UMBC’s Center for Global Engagement (CGE). The new cohort included 25 innovators from countries across Sub-Saharan Africa representing…
