Hundreds of enthusiastic attendees heeded President Hrabowski’s advice to “listen, learn, and be inspired” as eight exceptional awardees from the founding class to the 2000s shared their UMBC stories. They all emphasized the relationships they formed here that are still strong today. Continue Reading 30th UMBC Alumni Awards celebrate leadership, service, and community
“Confronting the barriers to health equity compels us to look across disciplines and toward collaborations among social scientists, scientists and engineers, and humanists and artists,” said Dean Scott Casper at the event. Continue Reading UMBC health justice research forum focuses on the value of community voices
Six finalists pitched creative business ideas to a panel of judges during UMBC’s fifth annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition (CBIC), held on April 25, 2018 in the new UMBC Event Center. The business ideas ranged from online tools and apps to products with medical applications. Continue Reading New test to rapidly diagnose sepsis comes out on top in UMBC’s Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition
“UMBC has given me tremendous opportunity to explore my own values and take the initiative to help my community,” says Zepp. Continue Reading Humanities Scholar and service leader Morgan Zepp will travel to Lithuania as a Fulbright Scholar
UMBC celebrated so many milestones in the past year. In thousands of ways, big and small, the UMBC community made their mark on 2017. Here are 12 top highlights. Continue Reading UMBC’s Top 12 Highlights of 2017
Nine distinguished faculty and alumni shared their stories at GRIT-X, a TED talk-style event during UMBC’s Homecoming that took listeners “from outer space to inner space, from a makerspace to the classroom, from black holes in the universe to a pacemaker for the brain.” Continue Reading GRIT-X talks showcase experiences of outstanding faculty and alumni “from outer space to inner space”
Through these programs, says Sec. Carol Beatty, Maryland recognizes the imperative to “consistently attract the best and brightest in order to best serve the needs of our state’s people.” Continue Reading UMBC kicks off statewide public service scholars programs for summer 2017
“The idea behind the competition,” says Greg Cangialosi ‘96, English, a long-time supporter of emerging business innovators, “is to enable the students who want to become entrepreneurs to have the opportunity to manifest their reality.” Continue Reading Fourth annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition celebrates student entrepreneurs
“UMBC was not only my home for six years during both my undergraduate and graduate pursuits, but I identify with this university as the place I found my calling,” says Pang. Continue Reading Washington Post names UMBC alumnus Sean Pang 2017 Teacher of the Year
Digital access isn’t an add-on for Hayden, it’s a core part of her mission and that of the library itself. “This is America’s library,” she shared. “This is your library.” Continue Reading UMBC welcomes Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden for conversation on digital access
“I think the more knowledge that is generated and the more we understand things, sometimes things that we find very scary or frightening, the better we are able to make good policy decisions and personal decisions on the basis of science,” Deborah Rudacille explains. Continue Reading UMBC’s Deborah Rudacille awarded Guggenheim Fellowship to pursue writing project on addiction
The evening celebration of light and its companion series of daytime innovation conferences — the Labs@LightCity — will prominently feature UMBC faculty, staff, students, and alumni as artists and thought leaders. Continue Reading UMBC adds spark to Light City Baltimore
