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
This ranking places UMBC in the top 5% of global universities and notes: “UMBC has always stressed innovation and interdisciplinarity. It has never been afraid to pioneer new models of teaching and research…” Continue Reading Times Higher Education recognizes UMBC as one of the world’s top universities, 2016-17
Just days ahead of UMBC’s 50th anniversary celebration, U.S. News & World Report has again affirmed the university’s continued standing as one of the most innovative colleges in the nation, among the best in teaching and setting new standards for student success. Continue Reading U.S. News again honors UMBC as a national leader in innovation and teaching
The initiatives challenge students to be active in their education and encourage faculty to be innovative and work across disciplines. Continue Reading Hrabowski Fund for Innovation awards grants for four unique faculty initiatives
A new article by The Daily Record’s Dan Leaderman traces the history of UMBC, from its roots as a university community defying definition to a nationally ranked “research powerhouse.” Continue Reading The Daily Record on UMBC at 50: A national leader in teaching and innovation
UMBC is “a campus deeply committed to pushing America to change the culture of STEM to be more inclusive,” notes Savoy Magazine in a vivid five-page education feature on the university’s leadership at age 50. Continue Reading Savoy Magazine honors UMBC’s national leadership in inclusive excellence
“What we’ve worked to do at UMBC…is to look in the mirror,” Dr. Hrabowski explained. “We have a theory of change that we’ve been working on now for almost 20 years that focuses on how you create communities of empowerment for students…but also how we rethink the teaching and learning process.” Continue Reading Pres. Hrabowski focuses on building supportive learning communities at NYT Higher Ed Leaders Forum
“As the Baltimore County Teacher of the Year, Carter is noted for his enthusiasm, his authenticity, and his work to be a champion for students inside and outside of the classroom,” writes Education Post, in a new story highlighting Corey Carter ’08, biological sciences, ’10 M.A.T. Continue Reading UMBC prepares next generation of leading K-12 educators with commitment to community
UMBC Continues to Earn Top Rankings UMBC attracts inquisitive minds that thrive on solving problems through collaboration, and the latest U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges Guide reveals why. Our campus continues to lead the list of universities making “the most promising and innovative changes,” while ranking fifth on the list of campuses with an “unusually strong commitment to undergraduate teaching”—ahead of Yale, Brown, and Stanford—and being recognized for prioritizing intensive undergraduate research and creative work. Excellence and Innovation Drive Enrollment Just as higher education leaders are taking notice, students and families are as well. Applications have increased 50% in… Continue Reading U.S. News Names UMBC National Leader
TED Talks is coming to UMBC! For those who are not familiar with the program, TED Talks are a series of lectures that bring together the world’s leading thinkers and doers to share ideas in a variety of disciplines, including technology, entertainment, humanities, science, design, and development. Later, these talks are available online to watch for free on TED.com. To reach a broader community and share more ideas, TED Talks has created TEDx, a program of local, self-organized events to share a TED-like experience. Although UMBC’s TED event is not organized by TED Conferences, the university is excited to be… Continue Reading Give a TED Talk at UMBC
Via the Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship: In the spirit of entrepreneurship itself, the Alex. Brown Center is pleased to announce a new minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation this fall. This new minor will not be housed under any one major, allowing any student to declare it and any faculty member to incorporate it in their curriculum. Faculty Fellow Bill LaCourse says the initial spark for the minor was to “infuse entrepreneurship into the university, looking for methodology and pathways that don’t disrupt the system.” He goes on to explain that everyone at UMBC is an entrepreneur – everyone here… Continue Reading Gib Mason '95 to teach entrepreneurship course at UMBC
