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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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7/22/2024

From UMBC News and Magazine

Breakthrough UMBC vision research finds protein holds promise to treat biological clock disorders

UMBC biologists Phyllis Robinson and Preethi Somasundaram may have identified a key factor that contributes to our understanding of biological clocks and associated disorders, such as...

Posted: June 5, 2017, 7:03 PM

Michelle Starz-Gaiano’s new cell migration research may lead to more effective cancer treatments

Michelle Starz-Gaiano’s research on fruit flies seeks to uncover biological mechanisms driving embryonic development and is applicable to a variety of contexts. For example, her findings may help...

Posted: June 2, 2017, 3:51 PM

Staking our Claim

UMBC Researchers Explore the New Great Frontier – The Brain By Megan Hanks Illustrations by David Plunkert In the early 1960s, the prospect of being the first nation to plant a flag on the...

Posted: May 30, 2017, 6:07 PM

Savvy Entrepreneur

Danielle Burnett ’00, M.S. ’05, information systems management, wasted no time putting her UMBC degrees to work. In 2001, a newly-minted college graduate, she founded Applied Technology Services...

Posted: May 26, 2017, 7:00 PM

Mike Summers honored as “Best Academic” by Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun has honored Mike Summers as the “Best Academic” in the region for 2017. Summers, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Robert E. Meyerhoff Chair for...

Posted: May 24, 2017, 7:33 PM

Danielle L. Beatty Moody receives competitive fellowship to enhance mentoring of diverse trainees

Just as the classes she’s teaching wrap up, Danielle L. Beatty Moody, assistant professor of psychology, will embark on a year-long learning experience of her own. She’ll join the 2017 – 2018...

Posted: May 24, 2017, 6:30 PM

Global leaders in research and industry to address UMBC’s Class of 2017

UMBC will welcome two alumni—known today as global leaders in their fields—as commencement speakers at this spring’s undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies. On Wednesday, May 24,...

Posted: May 23, 2017, 4:25 PM

Ting Zhu receives NSF CAREER Award to develop “Internet of Things” technology

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Ting Zhu, assistant professor of computer science and electrical engineering, its prestigious CAREER Award for his work to significantly improve...

Posted: May 17, 2017, 6:05 PM

UMBC faculty research works to reduce pollution in waterways

Each day, consumers use a broad range of personal care products, including antibacterial soaps, shampoos and conditioners, perfumes, cosmetics, and deodorants. In a recent article in The...

Posted: May 15, 2017, 5:11 PM

Congrats, Class of 2017! Meet some of UMBC’s exceptional new graduates.

As UMBC’s Class of 2017 busily prepares for commencement—reserving caps and gowns, signing job contracts, completing visa paperwork to research, study, and teach abroad—the UMBC community honors...

Posted: May 15, 2017, 1:09 PM

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