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Magdalen Ruth is one of four CNMS students whose recent internships at Maryland-based companies and agencies show how local opportunities are helping Retrievers build skills, find mentors, and advance discoveries that matter here and beyond. “I feel like I’m doing really important work,” Ruth, a Meyerhoff and U-RISE Scholar who interned at the NIH, says. The internship has confirmed her interest …

Izabella Maria Marzano, a senior biological sciences major who transferred to UMBC from Anne Arundel Community College, was one of more than 120 undergraduates and high school student presenters who packed the University Center Ballroom on August 5 for UMBC’s 29th annual Summer Undergraduate Research Fest (SURF). Marzano was presenting work she completed with Diana Elizondo, assistant professor o…

A common saying is “Health is wealth.” Its meaning—that good health gives people the vitality to succeed in life—is found in stories and phrases across cultures and times. Dong Li, […]

This summer, four UMBC students learned how they could contribute to the economic vibrancy of Maryland, with internships at Domino Sugar, RF Safety Lab, NASA, and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

Meet ASM Mobarak Hossain (Sajib). He recently graduated from UMBC with an M.S. in information systems and joined IBM as a Senior Developer and AI Specialist. Sajib has spent more […]

Reese Finnigan, studying the history of the Soviet Union and learning Russian, developed these archival skills working on The Baltimore Sun collection during her first year in the Master of Arts in Public History program. This year, when looking for summer internship opportunities, Finnigan was excited to find that the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Shapell Family Collections, Conservati…

David Mountain, Ph.D. ’17, computer engineering, can’t tell you much about his job. It still sounds exciting. As a researcher at the National Security Agency (NSA)—sometimes jokingly called the “No […]

Meet Rishav Gupta. After spending five years as a mobile engineer, he decided to pursue his Ph.D. in computer science at UMBC to deepen his expertise and choose projects with […]

What does it take for a single cell to become a functioning organism—and what does it take for a scientist to thrive amid the systems that govern the research enterprise? Mayank Chugh is exploring both questions at once. As an assistant teaching professor in biological sciences and director of UMBC’s Applied Molecular Biology (AMB) accelerated master’s program, he is entering his second year in a…

Meet Kyle Clelan, a double alumnus who earned his B.S. in financial economics in 2008 and his M.A. in economic policy analysis in 2009. Today, he serves as a private […]

Six rising juniors from UMBC joined the inaugural cohort of HHMI’s Cech Fellows program this summer. Mentorship, scholars programs, and hands-on research at UMBC propelled these students into prestigious labs nationwide, where they advance projects in neuroscience, virology, and drug discovery while building national networks.

In her new book, Traces of Zainab: Ritual, Memory, and Place in Shi'a Islam, Noor Zaidi, assistant professor of history, studies the woman who became a symbol of resistance for Shi‘i Muslims worldwide. Now Zaidi is leading an international interfaith team to preserve, restore, and digitize the shrine's archives. With the support of Father Columba Stewart of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Librar…

Annie Byrd ’04, emergency health services, M.P.S. ’23, community leadership, began her staff career at UMBC as an executive administrative assistant and she is now the Career Center’s assistant director for employer relations. She attributes her growth as a leader to UMBC’s supportive environment that encouraged members to make an impact in their communities. Annie says that the community leaders…

UMBC's 2026 – 2027 recipients of the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program are joining the ranks of UMBC's distinguished Fulbright alumni, who have made UMBC a three-time Fulbright Top Producing Institution, a recognition from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This year's Fulbright Retrievers are launching the international phase of their research. Fr…

This summer, four UMBC students are getting hands-on experience contributing to efforts to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

A University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) scientist has received a two-year grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to explore how two key HIV prevention drugs work inside the body—specifically in colon tissue, where HIV transmission risk is especially high. The project, led by Herana Kamal Seneviratne, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry…

In 2022, when Pam Offutt ’82, computer science, visited campus 40 years after graduating, she was taken aback by two things: how much the university had changed and how much […]

UMBC's Baja SAE racing team had strong showings in races in Washington and New York in May and June. The third and final race of the season will be help in September in Ohio. The team's dedicated student members learn new skills and make lasting memories.

Meet Keisha Hale, M.A. ’20, applied sociology. Keisha is an educator, researcher, and author. In 2025, she published We Weather the Storm: A Poetry Memoir of Survival and Healing, inspired […]