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About the Meyerhoff Scholars Program

The Meyerhoff Scholars Program is at the forefront of efforts to increase diversity among future leaders in science, technology, engineering and related fields. The UMBC Meyerhoff family is now more than 1600 strong, with over 1400 alumni across the nation and 245 students enrolled at UMBC. Over 300 graduates are currently pursuing graduate and professional degrees in STEM fields. Read More >

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Meyerhoffs and Dr. Hrabowski at MIT

Simons Foundation and Stony Brook University Model Meyerhoff

Nothing Succeeds Like Success

We Know How to Diversify STEM Fields. The Challenge Is Spreading What Works

News Feature: Keeping Black Students in STEM

How to Actually Promote Diversity in STEM

Chan Zuckerberg Invests $6.9M to Diversify STEM – Using Meyerhoff Model

UMBC STEM Scholar Success Heads to the West Coast (WYPR 88.1FM Radio Interview)

Science Article on Meyerhoff Adaptation

Baltimore Sun Article about Gen Z Featuring Two Meyerhoff Scholars

New York Times Article on the Meyerhoff Scholars Program

President Emeritus Freeman Hrabowski’s 2015 Ivory Dome Award Video

NIH Record – Meyerhoff Scholars visit to the National Institutes of Health

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From UMBC News and Magazine

Career Q&A: Mark Jarzynski ’11, Computer Science

Every so often, we’ll chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. Today we’re talking with Mark Jarzynski ’11, computer science, about his work as Technical Director of Software...

Posted: May 21, 2015, 3:00 PM

Career Q&A: Mark Jarzynski ’11, Computer Science

Every so often, we’ll chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. Today we’re talking with Mark Jarzynski ’11, computer science, about his work as Technical Director of Software...

Posted: May 21, 2015, 3:00 PM

Marc Olano, CSEE, and Anne Rubin, History, Describe the Bandit Video Game Project in the Daily Record

A team of professors and students across several disciplines have worked together to develop “Bandit,” a video game in which players control a fox that navigates the streets during Civil War-era...

Posted: May 19, 2015, 7:25 PM

UMBC Research Forum Tackles High-Performance Computing

UMBC hosted its semi-annual Research Forum on May 1, 2015. This semester’s forum focused on the role high-performance computing (HPC) can play in a variety of interdisciplinary applications, and...

Posted: May 18, 2015, 6:03 PM

“The Mathematics of Being Human” Reviewed in Siam News

Photo by Marlayna Demond. Ahead of a scheduled performance of “The Mathematics of Being Human” on July 29 at the BRIDGES Conference in Baltimore, the play received a positive review in Siam News....

Posted: May 15, 2015, 2:40 PM

Jeffrey Gardner Receives Dept. of Energy Early Career Award

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected UMBC’s Jeffrey Gardner, assistant professor of biological sciences, for a 2015 Early Career Research Program award. This program supports...

Posted: May 12, 2015, 4:12 PM

Manil Suri, Mathematics, Writes New York Times Op-Ed on Math’s Application to the Maryland Blue Crab Population

Published in the Sunday edition of the New York Times on May 3, Mathematics Professor Manil Suri wrote his third column since being named contributing opinion writer on the application of math to...

Posted: May 7, 2015, 4:36 PM

V-LINC Honors Department of Mechanical Engineering for “Partnership of the Year”

From left: Darek Bushnaq, V-LINC President, Theo Pinette, Executive Director, Neil Rothman, Mechanical Engineering Professor, and Angela Tyler, Volunteer Manager On April 30, V-LINC honored...

Posted: May 6, 2015, 2:25 PM

Cynthia Matuszek, CSEE, Describes Image Search Research on CBC Radio

Cynthia Matuszek, CSEE, was interviewed on Spark about her research on gender representation on Google Image Search. Spark is a show on CBC radio that explores the topics of technology and trends....

Posted: May 5, 2015, 7:55 PM

Upal Ghosh, CBEE, Receives AAEES Award

Upal Ghosh, chemical, biochemical and environmental engineering, received an award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineering and Sciences (AAEES) last week. The AAEES awards recognize...

Posted: April 27, 2015, 5:56 PM

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