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American Council of Learned Societies spotlights UMBC’s CoLab as an interdisciplinary leader

Feb 2, 2024 / 2 minutes of reading

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has chosen UMBC’s Interdisciplinary CoLab for its “Undergraduate Spotlight” series. ACLS writes, “Unlike traditional group work in a college classroom, wherein majors from the same discipline are all trying to master the same material, UMBC’s CoLab projects require students to use their own skills and appreciate the skills of others.” Continue Reading American Council of Learned Societies spotlights UMBC’s CoLab as an interdisciplinary leader

Connecting Interdisciplinary Narrative Research with Public Need

Jul 6, 2021 / 7 minutes of reading

In its third year, UMBC’s CoLab program gave nine students experience in public-facing research projects focusing on civil rights, urban forests, and radical literature Continue Reading Connecting Interdisciplinary Narrative Research with Public Need

UMBC’s newest computing grads, from bachelor’s to Ph.D., share stories of connection, support, opportunity

Dec 14, 2020 / 7 minutes of reading

UMBC’s newest graduates in computing and data science fields include students at all stages in their education and careers. Undergraduates, master’s students seeking to access new career opportunities, and Ph.D. students completing high-impact research have thrived at UMBC. Many cite the university’s strong academics, accessible faculty, research opportunities, and connections across disciplines as drawing them to UMBC. Continue Reading UMBC’s newest computing grads, from bachelor’s to Ph.D., share stories of connection, support, opportunity

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Scholar-athlete grads draw on resilience forged in challenging times

Apr 28, 2020 / 8 minutes of reading

On the surface, Kennedy Lamb ‘20, English, and Jethro Ssengonzi ‘20, mechanical engineering, didn’t have much in common when they arrived on campus. Today, these two accomplished scholar-athletes are coping with the challenges of graduating during a pandemic by drawing on stores of resilience and communities of support. Continue Reading Scholar-athlete grads draw on resilience forged in challenging times

CoLab Continues to Inspire Collaborative Creativity

Jul 12, 2019 / 7 minutes of reading

For the second consecutive summer, the Interdisciplinary CoLab provided students with an innovative team-based applied learning opportunity. Continue Reading CoLab Continues to Inspire Collaborative Creativity

New CoLab Program Brings Interdisciplinary Approach to Summer Research

Jul 23, 2018 / 5 minutes of reading

In piles on a table in the chilly back room of UMBC’s Special Collections office lie a science fiction lover’s dream: decades-worth of fanzines in all their hand-drawn, mimeographed glory. Compiled by amateur editors, they span topics from space travel to colonization to 1970s feminism. Fittingly, the students poring over the zines as part of UMBC’s new month-long Interdisciplinary CoLab research program are just as different as the titles they explore. One studies biochemistry, another computer science. The third has interests in communications and gender and women’s studies, and was thrilled to find connections in the sci-fi zine Janus. As… Continue Reading New CoLab Program Brings Interdisciplinary Approach to Summer Research

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