UMBC News and Magazine Headlines

Students� Biofuel Idea Funded by MTV Contest Story Note: Learn more about the UMBC Biodiesel Club on Maryland Public Television’s “Motorweek” show, starting on Friday, March 13. In Baltimore...

Supporting Maryland�s Workforce From the moment BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) plans were announced several years ago, Maryland knew it would see an influx of people and jobs around the...

Tackling the Shortage of STEM Teachers in Baltimore Due to the growing shortage of highly-qualified science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers, the Sherman STEM Teacher...

The Art of Educating When Laura Pasquini ’98, visual arts, started her studies in art at UMBC, she thought she wanted to be a museum curator, creating exhibits that set great art in narrative...

The Engineering Education Frontier Julia Ross, professor and chair of chemical and biochemical engineering at UMBC, was selected to attend the National Academy of Engineer�s (NAE) first...

The Future of Information Sharing As the world embraces Web 2.0, the effects of social media are on the minds of several researchers at UMBC. Assistant Professor of Sociology Zeynep Tufekci...

The Perfect Pitch When Mike Pesci ’12 was young, he had goals few kids his age had. Like his peers, he played sports – baseball since the age of four – and his studies were important. But it...

The Stuff of Legend As a former Associated Press reporter, Christopher Corbett knows how to spot a good story. So when he noticed that although thousands of Chinese had come to America during...

Turning Knowledge into Action Women Involved in Learning and Leadership (WILL) at UMBC, part of the Gender and Women’s Studies program, is one of eight groups nationwide participating in a...

Two UMBC Professors Win NSF CAREER Awards Two UMBC scientists were recently recognized as among the nation’s top young faculty in their fields by the National Science Foundation (NSF),...