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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
Dean
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