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GRIT-X 2022 brings to life the “essence” of UMBC research and creative achievement

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Amid a bustling day filled with Homecoming excitement, GRIT-X returned to UMBC this month for its sixth year, delivering a wide-ranging lineup of Retriever excellence in action. Held in the Fine Arts Recital Hall, this year’s GRIT-X was the first for new UMBC President Valerie Sheares Ashby. Enjoying one engaging talk after another, she deemed the event “the essence of UMBC.” Continue Reading GRIT-X 2022 brings to life the “essence” of UMBC research and creative achievement

UMBC spotlights the power of collaboration and community in opening of new science building, GRIT-X talks

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“Already there are research teams working in this building on such complex issues as age-related disease, environmental degradation, and health disparities,” says Dean Bill LaCourse. Solutions to our most complex challenges “are found through a convergence of talent and effort,” bringing together the perspectives of people from different fields and backgrounds. This is what the new building is designed to achieve. Continue Reading UMBC spotlights the power of collaboration and community in opening of new science building, GRIT-X talks

Third annual UMBC GRIT-X talks highlight thought-provoking ideas, experiences, and discoveries

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Artists, scientists, and social change agents from across UMBC presented the third annual GRIT-X talks on October 13, sharing their ideas and perspectives on stage in UMBC’s Dance Cube. “All our talks gave a different facet, a different beam of light, on what we do at UMBC,” said Vice President for Research Karl Steiner, who spearheaded the event. Continue Reading Third annual UMBC GRIT-X talks highlight thought-provoking ideas, experiences, and discoveries

GRIT-X talks showcase experiences of outstanding faculty and alumni “from outer space to inner space”

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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”

GRIT-X showcases groundbreaking UMBC research, scholarship, and creative achievement

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The inaugural GRIT-X featured some of the university community’s most fascinating new research and creative work in three sets of 10-minute talks that covered topics from the process for creating a successful theatre company to dealing with contaminants in local watersheds. Continue Reading GRIT-X showcases groundbreaking UMBC research, scholarship, and creative achievement

 

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