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Mentorship and momentum: How UMBC support propelled six students into HHMI’s first Cech Fellows cohort
Six rising juniors from UMBC joined the inaugural cohort of HHMI’s Cech Fellows program this summer. Mentorship, scholars programs, and hands-on research at UMBC propelled these students into prestigious labs nationwide, where they advance projects in neuroscience, virology, and drug discovery while building national networks.
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UMBC’s student Fulbright recipients pursue community-driven research on a global stage
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Four Retrievers selected for this summer’s Key Bridge rebuilding internship
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UMBC researcher awarded high-risk, high-reward NIAID grant to improve HIV prevention drugs
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A $1M alumni gift expands graduate student success and inclusive excellence in tech
UMBC Magazine
Fall 2025 Issue
ARTS+YOU
Magazine
Quick Posts
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UMBC to honor faculty and staff at presidential awards ceremony
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Anupam Joshi named 2025 AAAS Fellow
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Senior Caly Ferguson recognized with National Society of Black Engineers’ ‘25 Under 25’ award
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Celebrating the misunderstood: Mercedes Burns featured in new book on North America’s overlooked critters
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UMBC physicist wins Amazon award to build AI-orchestrated scientific assistant
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UMBC’s Steven Caruso honored for leading authentic undergrad research in the classroom
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UMBC hosts 2025 IEEE Baltimore Technical Colloquium
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Chemical engineering professor Tyler Josephson chosen as Simons Foundation Pivot Fellow
Community
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From single cells to the systems shaping science: Mayank Chugh pursues dual passions at UMBC
What does it take for a single cell to become a functioning organism—and what does it take for a scientist to thrive amid the systems that govern the research enterprise? Mayank Chugh is exploring both questions at once. As an assistant teaching professor in biological sciences and director of UMBC’s Applied Molecular Biology (AMB) accelerated…
Policy & Society
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Nothing but beauty: Noor Zaidi leads an international interfaith team digitizing the history of one of the few shrines to a woman in Islam
In her new book, Traces of Zainab: Ritual, Memory, and Place in Shi’a Islam, Noor Zaidi, assistant professor of history, studies the woman who became a symbol of resistance for Shi‘i Muslims worldwide. Now Zaidi is leading an international interfaith team to preserve, restore, and digitize the shrine’s archives. With the support of Father Columba…
Science & Technology
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There’s nothing secret about David Mountain’s love of learning
David Mountain, Ph.D. ’17, computer engineering, can’t tell you much about his job. It still sounds exciting. As a researcher at the National Security Agency (NSA)—sometimes jokingly called the “No […]
Arts & Culture
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Meet a Retriever–Keisha Hale, M.A. ’20, Hurricane Katrina survivor, educator, researcher, and author
Meet Keisha Hale, M.A. ’20, applied sociology. Keisha is an educator, researcher, and author. In 2025, she published We Weather the Storm: A Poetry Memoir of Survival and Healing, inspired […]
Previous Stories
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There’s nothing secret about David Mountain’s love of learning
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From single cells to the systems shaping science: Mayank Chugh pursues dual passions at UMBC
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Career readiness starts here: UMBC expands work-integrated learning opportunities
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Mentorship and momentum: How UMBC support propelled six students into HHMI’s first Cech Fellows cohort