He’s a bassoonist and chemical engineer. She’s a dancer and social justice advocate. UMBC students have a lot of focus, but that doesn’t mean they have to focus on one thing. For many, the UMBC...
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“These findings confirm that Meyerhoff-like programs and student outcomes can be achieved elsewhere, even at institutions very different from UMBC,” says Michael Summers. “It is my hope that this...
April 25, 2019
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“It is truly thrilling to think about the national and global impact the Meyerhoff Scholars Program will have through partnerships like this,” says UMBC's Michael Summers. “By working together we...
April 9, 2019
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Reflecting on her inspiration, Sadie T.M. Alexander, Opoku-Agyeman says, “Similar to Dr. Alexander, people have projected their limitations onto me, often focusing on what I could not do because...
March 6, 2019
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“As I’ve grown in my career, I've begun to understand just how blessed I was to be afforded the opportunity to attend college and pursue my dreams,” Letitia Dzirasa '03 says. “As I was fortunate,...
February 25, 2019
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It wouldn't be a proper farewell to 2018 without reminiscing about some of the biggest UMBC stories from the year. Here are ten highlights from a year we won't soon forget.
January 15, 2019
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This week, Times Higher Education shined a spotlight on UMBC’s advancements in graduating more low-income and minority students in the sciences—what it calls the “holy grail of academia.”...
January 4, 2019
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Last Sunday's Boston Globe greeted readers with a front-page story about lessons to be learned from a top research university, but it wasn't about local powerhouses Harvard or MIT. It was a...
July 24, 2018
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A recent Business-Higher Education Forum report calls Maryland the “epicenter of national cybersecurity." It found that the University System of Maryland (USM) has made great progress in...
June 21, 2018
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What do nine UMBC alumni with a passion for basketball, dance, and lacrosse, and fields from biology and biochemistry to information systems and political science have in common? They all chose to...
May 22, 2018
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