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  UMBC’s Ram Hosmane is the 2002 Maryland Chemist of the Year Maryland Chemist of the Year   UMBC chemistry professor Ramachandra “Ram” Hosmane was named the Maryland Chemist of the Year by the Maryland division of the American Chemical Society in a ceremony on December 11 in Towson. Hosmane, a faculty member at UMBC for 20 years, was honored for his career contributions to biomedical research, including the development of anti-cancer and anti-viral drugs as well as for creation of a powdered, artificial blood mix for use in emergency transfusions. Hosmane is the third UMBC chemist to be named… Continue Reading Making Engineering Exciting

  Diane Bell-McKoy has been named UMBC’s Distinguished Alumna for 2003. Empowering Baltimore   Diane L. Bell-McKoy, who graduated from UMBC in 1973 with a B.A. in Sociology/Social Work, has been named UMBC’s Distinguished Alumna for 2003. After almost 20 years working with drug treatment programs and poverty issues, and as an advocate for children, Diane Bell-McKoy took the reins as president and CEO of the Empower Baltimore Management Corporation in 1994. She has faced the challenge of bringing together people from different backgrounds with varying experiences and beliefs to put together and carry out a collective vision. Under her leadership,… Continue Reading Empowering Baltimore

  UMBC Presidential Teaching Professor Robert Deluty is a clinical psychologist and published poet. The Poetry of Experience   As a clinical psychologist, Presidential Teaching Professor Robert Deluty has devoted his adult life to exploring the workings of the human psyche. Recent years, however, have seen his work take a more creative turn. In addition to being a researcher, psychotherapist, and award-winning mentor, Deluty is also a poet whose work has appeared in publications such as The Baltimore Evening Sun and The Wall Street Journal. Psychology is Deluty’s first passion and his research interests have ranged widely throughout the course… Continue Reading The Poetry of Experience

An Advocate for the Uninsured When community activist and 1991 UMBC graduate Claudia Lennhoff took the stage recently to receive a $120,000 award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for her work fighting for affordable healthcare for the uninsured, it was the culmination of a personal struggle.Lennhoff was diagnosed with cancer fourteen years ago while she was an undergraduate psychology major and women’s studies minor at UMBC. She was between semesters that summer, and thus had no health insurance.While doctors urged her to seek immediate treatment, she was unable to find a physician in Baltimore willing to treat her without insurance.… Continue Reading An Advocate for the Uninsured

  “Building a Future” For the past 10 years, UMBC students from the University’s Habitat for Humanity  chapter and their advisor, Norma Green, have spent their spring break vacation working alongside hundreds of students in high-need areas across the country in a Habitat for Humanity International program called Collegiate Challenge. This year, from March 22 through 30, Green and 20 UMBC students will build houses in Florida.In addition, on weekends throughout the semester, groups of UMBC students renovate houses in the West Baltimore community of Sandtown. To date, more than 200 UMBC students have helped build or rebuild over 50 houses… Continue Reading Building a Future

Tracking a Satellite from the Sea 14 miles offshore from Virginia Beach, UMBC Assistant Professor of Physics Wallace McMillan and a rotating crew of scientists are firing lasers into the night sky and launching weather balloons by day to make sure a new multi-billion-dollar NASA research satellite is working properly.For two months, McMillan and his crew are taking turns living and working aboard the Chesapeake Light, a 1960’s-era U.S. Coast Guard lighthouse platform with a panoramic view of the Atlantic. Chesapeake Light looks a bit like an oil-drilling rig, perched on a rusty steel frame 75 feet above 34-foot-deep waters.“We… Continue Reading Tracking a Satellite from the Sea

  UMBC Psychology chair Carlo DiClemente’s work has revolutionized treatment for alcoholism and drug abuse. The Psychology of Conquering Addiction   Psychology professor and department chair Carlo DiClemente began studying addiction among smokers while completing his dissertation at the University of Rhode Island. Now, more than twenty years later, his research has revolutionized how health professionals treat alcoholism and drug abuse. In October, 2002, DiClemente’s work was recognized nationally when he received one of five Innovators Combating Substance Abuse awards from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). “I was first drawn to studying smoking because it was a behavior that… Continue Reading UMBC’s 2002 Distinguished Alumnus

Tom Rabenhorst’s research blends his love of nature with modern technology to provide a valuable service to the community. Rabenhorst, Director of Instructional Cartography in UMBC’s Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, is also an avid outdoorsman. As Spring draws nearer, the hikers from UMBC and all over Maryland who flock to nearby Patapsco Valley State Park will navigate park trails using new maps developed thanks to Rabenhorst’s dedication. Rabenhorst combined global positioning satellite (GPS) technology and sweat equity to give the park the most detailed maps in its history. Rabenhorst spent months hiking the trails on his own or… Continue Reading Mapping the Patapsco

Evolution of an Honors University Diane Lee, vice provost for undergraduate education and associate professor of education, takes UMBC’s tagline, An Honors University in Maryland, personally. Lee works to ensure that the honors mission has practical meaning in everyday lives for UMBC students, faculty and staff.Lee came to UMBC in 1986 as a visiting professor. After teaching large lecture classes at another institution, she was excited to find small, seminar-style classes at UMBC. “This campus speaks community to me,” says Lee. “It’s large enough to be diverse and small enough to get to know students beyond their names, as individuals… Continue Reading Evolution of an Honors University