Another chance to catch the most interesting, and important, articles from the previous week on MIT Technology Review.

Congratulations to Samantha Hawkins ’14, Interdisciplinary Studies, who was crowned Miss Baltimore on January 25. As Miss Baltimore, Samantha will continue her work helping low-income families by launching a state-wide campaign to expand the Food Resource Program.

Samantha is a Maryland Delegate Scholar and a recipient of the Walter Sondheim Jr. Nonprofit Leadership Scholarship. In 2012 and 2013 she was also awarded the Miss America Academic Award. After graduation, Samantha will be teaching in Baltimore City as a member of Teach for America, while pursuing a Master’s degree in Elementary Education at Johns Hopkins.

One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll be sharing with you a round-up of the most newsworthy achievements from our community.

• Theatre Alumni David Brasington ’12, Katie Kopajtic ’11, Jesse Poole ’13 and Anderson Wells ’13 in ‘b’, the Baltimore Sun and City Paper
• Dr. Kenneth Gibbs ’05, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, in Science Magazine
• Faculty Members Vin Grabill, Neal McDonald and Steve Silberg, VA, in Baltimore Sun
• Assoc. Professor Anne Rubin’s Civil War History Class Appears on C-SPAN
• Princeton Review Names UMBC a “Best Value College”
• Kate Drabinski, Gender and Women’s Studies, on WYPR’s Humanities Connection

Check out all the other great campus news on Insights Weekly.