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UMBC Chess has continued its strong performance with another high-ranking finish at the leading intercollegiate team championship in the Americas. The Retrievers placed ninth out of 63 teams at the 2019 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, December 27 – 30. 

To reach this ranking, the UMBC Chess A team earned victories over the A team from the University of Pennsylvania as well as the B teams from the University of Toronto, University of Texas at Austin, and University of Pennsylvania. After tying Harvard in round five, UMBC had its sights on a spot in the Final Four, but didn’t quite reach that coveted status this year. UMBC finished ahead of Harvard, Princeton, and MIT. The Texas Tech University A team won the competition overall. 

Tanguy Ringoir ‘18, financial economics, M.A. ‘22, economic policy analysis, the captain of UMBC’s A team, ranked 29th in individual competitor performance. 

The UMBC Chess B team finished in 29th place overall, and earned victories over Western Washington University, UCLA, and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley D team. 

“While we didn’t quite make it into the Final Four, we are happy with our overall performance,” says Ringoir. He shared that the team enjoyed preparing for the competition by recently participating in a tournament closer to home, in Rockville, Maryland.

UMBC’s 2019 A team includes grandmaster Ringoir; international master Rohan Ahuja ‘21, computer science; woman international master Mai Narva ‘22, psychology; international master Matyas Marek ‘22, computer science; and woman international master Ewa Harazinska ‘20, chemistry, as an alternate. 

The UMBC Chess B team includes Maor Leker Locker ’20, biological sciences; Nathan Sukhyun Janus ‘20, mathematics; Danielle Sharp ‘22, mechanical engineering; and Douglas Malcolm ‘23, computer science. 

Alan Sherman, professor of computer science and electrical engineering, serves as director for UMBC Chess. Joel DeWyer, associate director for campus life operations, is the team’s business manager, and Igor Epshteyn coaches UMBC’s Chess B team.

For the past 28 years, UMBC has participated in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, and has won or tied for first place at the championship ten times. UMBC Chess has also advanced to the President’s Cup, known as the Final Four, each year between 2001 – 2015, winning six times.

Banner image: Members of the UMBC Chess team. Photo by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC.

The Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Michigan is now accepting applications for our annual preview event (March 2020).

The preview visit gives prospective students an opportunity to:

• Meet Neuroscience Graduate Program faculty and learn about their research
• Network with current Neuroscience Graduate Students
• Learn about our application process and receive feedback on individual applications
• Meet with Rackham Graduate School Associate Dean and Neuroscience Graduate Program Faculty Ally
• Invited students will be asked to arrive on scheduled dates, expenses will be covered.

Upcoming Preview Dates:  March 19 - 21, 2020

Eligibility:

Students should have:

a strong academic record in science/engineering;

research experience; U.S. citizenship or permanent residency;

And meet one or more of the following criteria:

• come from an educational, cultural, or geographic background that is underrepresented;
• have demonstrated commitment to diversity in the academic, professional, or civic realm;
• have experienced financial hardship as a result of family economic circumstances;
• are first-generation U.S. citizens or are the first generation in their families to graduate from a four-year college.

How to Apply:

The application requires written responses, a transcript, Curriculum Vitae or a resume, and one letter of reccomendation. Additional details are provided in the application.

All materials (including letter of recommendation) must be completed by January 17, 2020 for the application to be considered complete.