WELCOME
Welcome to the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS) at UMBC, which includes the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mathematics and Statistics, and Physics. In the College there is a total full time faculty of just over 100 members, including 13 lecturers and instructors. Taken together there are more than 1600 majors in 7 undergraduate programs and nearly 300 graduate students in 13 graduate programs. Details about these programs can be obtained via the links to the departments shown above or from links on the UMBC home page. The research expenditures, including those from research faculty in centers affiliated with various departments, are currently over $13M per year.

CNMS’ second year was exciting and productive. The faculty continued to attract significant external funding in a very challenging environment and our graduates continued to be admitted to top graduate and professional schools or to find exciting jobs in industry, government or academia. At the CNMS Student Recognition Day in May 2007, 55 undergraduates and graduate students received awards and many others were recognized for outstanding scholarship. In July 2007, our second Wyeth fellowship was awarded to Joseph Blasic in Department of Biological Sciences. Five new faculty members were hired during the year as well as a Health Professions Advising Coordinator in the Dean's Office to support students and alumni applying to various medical schools.

The College continues to be committed to serving and enhancing the academic and wider educational interests of its undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff especially by seeking new revenue sources to augment those provided by the State and tuition. Immediate goals are to increase the number and value of scholarships for undergraduates and assistantships for graduate students, to fund endowed chairs for many our outstanding faculty, to establish core research facilities with state of the art equipment, and to provide additional help for the support staff.

If you are a prospective student I encourage you to contact either the Dean’s office directly or the department that most closely represents your interests. I especially urge you to visit the campus and see the many outstanding facilities that we have to offer. Students who visit the UMBC campus usually want to come here. If you are a current CNMS student, I ask that you take advantage of the support and opportunities available to enhance your education at UMBC. If you are an alumnus of UMBC, I hope that you will continue to keep in touch and visit us in our new offices in the University Center whenever you can.

Dr.Geoffrey P. Summers
Former Dean and Interim Vice President for Research