-
Celebrating 30 years of the Linehan Artist Scholars Program
On May 2 and 3, the campus celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Linehan Artist Scholars Program with two days of festivities attended by dozens of alumni, current scholars, and incoming students. “Earl and Darielle Linehan’s commitment to UMBC and the Linehan Artist Scholars Program has created transformative learning experiences for hundreds of talented undergraduates…
-
Janerra Allen, Ph.D. ’25: A first-generation engineering college grad uplifts fellow students
-
Samuel Barnett ’25: Biochemistry researcher with a commitment to giving back
-
Gathering a humanities research tool kit to understand a fascinating world
-
Tree sap batteries: Student entrepreneur Samuel Bendek imagines a clean energy future less reliant on critical minerals
UMBC Magazine
Fall 2024 Issue
Everyone Is Watching Women’s Sports
Magazine
-
Community starts in the kitchen—Q&A with Ekiben’s Steve Chu ’12 and professor and author Mark Padoongpatt
The tantalizing aroma of food from everyone’s favorite UMBC alumni-founded restaurant, Ekiben, wafts through the air of the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery. People are drawn in by the steamed buns and…
Quick Posts
-
UMBC team leads research into AI tools that can assess the feasibility of scientific claims
-
TowerCares Foundation makes $300,000 commitment to support UMBC cybersecurity students
-
Students celebrate Engineering and Computing Week with fun and networking
-
Bio-inspired ‘batteries’ will use phytoplankton to power underwater sensors
-
UMBC delegates build international connections at prestigious science and technology conference in India
-
Carla Guarraia, Ph.D. ’06, receives Presidential Award for Teaching
-
Mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Md Badrul Hasan recognized for research modeling hurricanes with machine learning
-
U.S. News ranks UMBC’s online master’s in information systems among best in the nation
Community
-
Sam Geleta ’25: A biochemist with dreams of taking his skills back home
When Samuel Geleta arrived at UMBC from Ethiopia, he was confident he wanted to go to medical school. But that was before he started conducting HIV research with Michael Summers and fell in love with the scientific process. This fall, he’s headed to Yale University to pursue a Ph.D. in biomedical and biological sciences. He…
Policy & Society
-
Oyinlola Oluka ’25, political science and philosophy, sees no limits for herself
Oyinlola Oluka, a UMBC political science and philosophy senior, doing the right thing is not just a mantra but a career path. A law school hopeful since middle school, Oluka, a first-generation Nigerian American, has a keen interest in the efforts of African countries to move from political instability toward accountability for human rights violations.…
Science & Technology
-
Possible tectonic activity on Venus may yield insight into Earth’s past
Vast, quasi-circular features on Venus’ surface may reveal that the planet has ongoing tectonics, according to new research. “These features are not found on Earth today; however, they may have existed when our planet was young and before plate tectonics had been established,” Gael Cascioli says. Continue Reading Possible tectonic activity on Venus may yield…
Arts & Culture
-
Kelley Bell, M.F.A ’06, brings a sense of play to the BMA with “Fantastic Village”
When associate professor of visual arts Kelley Bell thinks back to her childhood growing up in the Capitol Hill area of Washington, D.C., she recalls fond memories of playing in her neighborhood playground, locally dubbed as “Turtle Park.” “I remembered the concrete structures behind the turtle in the playground and it really inspired me to…
