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  • 👩‍🏫 Meet your professor: Dr. Penny Rheingans, 12-1pm Wed 4/18, ITE239

    Meet your Professor: Dr. Penny Rheingans Join the CS Education Club in their third installment of the “Meet Your Professor” series featuring Dr. Penny Rheingans. The “Meet Your Professor” series provides students with the opportunity to learn more about their professors, including how they achieved their position, what they believe makes an effective teacher, what research…

  • UMBC students win ‘Opioid Epidemic Challenge Award’ by America East for designing app for teens

      UMBC students win Opioid Epidemic Challenge Award at HackAE hackathon Two students in the College of Engineering and Information Technology were recognized at HackAE, a 24-hour hackathon, earlier this month for developing an innovative app to help teens struggling with opioid issues. Agatha Turyahikayo ’21, computer science, and Gabrielle Watson ’21, information systems, won…

  • UMBC student Naomi Mburu receives Rhodes Scholarship

    UMBC student Naomi Mburu receives Rhodes Scholarship Naomi Mburu ’18, chemical engineering, is the first student in UMBC history to receive the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. She is one of 32 students from across the United States to receive this prestigious honor for the 2018 year. Several UMBC students have been finalists for the Scholarship in…