Q&A: Dr. Michael Summers on the Meyerhoff Scholars Program

Jun 7, 2019 / 6 minutes of reading

Dr. Michael Summers is the Robert E. Meyerhoff Chair for Excellence in Research and Mentoring; a Distinguished University Professor; and an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Over the years, he has worked with dozens of Meyerhoff scholars in his lab. UMBC Magazine sat down with Summers to talk about his history with the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, now celebrating its 30th year. UMBC Magazine: Can you tell us what your involvement has been with the Meyerhoff Scholars Program over the years? Mike Summers: Well, I have no administrative role with the Meyerhoff program. I got started when [UMBC President]… Continue Reading Q&A: Dr. Michael Summers on the Meyerhoff Scholars Program

Meyerhoff Scholars Program 30th Anniversary

Dreams Realized: Celebrating 30 Years of UMBC’s Meyerhoff Scholars Program

Jun 7, 2019 / 5 minutes of reading

Hundreds of Meyerhoff Scholars Program alumni gathered to celebrate the program’s 30th anniversary, and to thank Robert E. Meyerhoff for his bold vision. Continue Reading Dreams Realized: Celebrating 30 Years of UMBC’s Meyerhoff Scholars Program

Visiting the world's oldest functioning nuclear fusion reactor in Prague.

Choosing Her Own Adventure

Jun 4, 2019 / 5 minutes of reading

More than 3,500 miles from UMBC, Mburu shares her thoughts on her first year at Oxford, and how she’s making herself at home. Continue Reading Choosing Her Own Adventure

The Family Connection: Paying it Forward

May 31, 2019 / 5 minutes of reading

“To whom much is given, much is required.” Meyerhoff scholars internalize this message, which is introduced during Summer Bridge and is almost as ubiquitous as “Focus, Focus, Focus,” and Langston Hughes’ “Dreams” at Meyerhoff gatherings. For many of the scholars, giving back has become a foundational principle in their lives, as they mentor colleagues, students, and interns in their roles as researchers, medical professionals, biotech entrepreneurs, and more. This extension of the Meyerhoff program beyond UMBC amplifies its impact. Like a family tree, the DNA for the Meyerhoff program’s values and practices travels through generations of researchers as scholars graduate… Continue Reading The Family Connection: Paying it Forward

Q&A: Earnestine Baker, Executive Director Emerita, Meyerhoff Scholars Program

May 31, 2019 / 9 minutes of reading

From its very first days, Earnestine Baker, Executive Director Emerita, has been an integral part of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. UMBC Magazine sat down with Baker to talk about some of the ways she — along with other staff and students — laid the foundation for the program’s successes over the last thirty years. UMBC Magazine: What are some of your first memories of how the Meyerhoff Scholars Program came to be? Earnestine Baker: Immediately what comes to mind is the phone call I received from Dr.Hrabowski, inviting me to a meeting in his conference room. I was working in… Continue Reading Q&A: Earnestine Baker, Executive Director Emerita, Meyerhoff Scholars Program

Up on the Roof – Spring 2019

May 28, 2019 / 4 minutes of reading

In 1989, Baltimore philanthropist Robert E. Meyerhoff sat down with then-UMBC vice provost Freeman Hrabowski with a bold vision for the University—to create a program that would offer high-achieving African American men a doorway into STEM scholarship at the highest levels. Thirty years later, the Meyerhoff Scholars Program is a national leader on the forefront of efforts to increase diversity among future leaders—both women and men—in science, engineering, and related fields. Because of that, UMBC is also the leading producer nationally of African American undergraduates who go on to earn M.D./Ph.D. degrees. This spring, as the program celebrates its 30th… Continue Reading Up on the Roof – Spring 2019

Alexis Waller ’18 and her mentor, Pengfei Ding, at work in the lab. Photo by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC.

Here’s How to Increase Diversity in STEM at the College Level and Beyond

May 1, 2019 / 6 minutes of reading

The Meyerhoff Scholars program has been called the “gold standard” for providing a path into STEM research for underrepresented students in the field. Continue Reading Here’s How to Increase Diversity in STEM at the College Level and Beyond

Notable Retrievers: Jerome Adams ’97

Apr 23, 2019 / 1 minute of reading

JEROME ADAMS ’97Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyNotable Achievement: U.S. Surgeon General Back in the ’90s, Jerome Adams was just a kid watching UMBC basketball games and making sure he never missed Quadmania. Now, he has a bit more on his plate—like being “Top Doctor” for the entire United States. “UMBC as a school has constantly shown they punch above their weight. There’s nothing we can’t do.” — Jerome Adams ’97 In 2017, Adams was named Surgeon General, tasked as the leading spokesperson on public health for the federal government and serving as the “Nation’s Doctor.” Adams credits UMBC with helping him… Continue Reading Notable Retrievers: Jerome Adams ’97

A Matter of Trust

Dec 10, 2018 / 4 minutes of reading

Driven in her work by memories of her grandmother, Dr. Tabassum Majid, M18, ’10, M.A. ’18, has made a career of education and research related to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Continue Reading A Matter of Trust

Moving the Needle

Dec 6, 2018 / 13 minutes of reading

With their hearts in the work and their ears to the ground, the people behind some of UMBC’s longest-standing homegrown programs are solving big societal problems. But the work is never done. Continue Reading Moving the Needle

Two Meyerhoff Alumnae Included in Sun “Women to Watch” List

Oct 6, 2018 / 2 minutes of reading

Two Meyerhoff Scholars Program alumnae, Kavita Krishnaswamy, M13, ’07, mathematics, and Tabassum Majid, M18, M.A. ’18, aging studies, ’10, interdisciplinary studies, have been included in the Baltimore Sun‘s “25 Women to Watch in 2018” annual listing. Read the article online here. Current Ph.D. student Kavita Krishnaswamy, who through her work as a roboticist focuses on giving people with severe disabilities greater independence, has invented voice command interfaces, and is working on another that responds to eye movement. Krishnaswamy, who lives with spinal muscular atrophy, a progressive disorder that severely limits her movement below the neck, works from home via a telepresence… Continue Reading Two Meyerhoff Alumnae Included in Sun “Women to Watch” List

Annica Wayman M6, ’99, to launch translational science program at Shady Grove

Oct 5, 2018 / 4 minutes of reading

For Annica Wayman M6, ’99, mechanical engineering, this fall marks a homecoming wrapped up in a new beginning. After eight years with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), building programs from the ground up to support research projects that address international development challenges such as global health, agriculture, food security, and renewable energy, Wayman is ready for a new chapter. Wayman, who holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a bioengineering emphasis from Georgia Tech, sees parallels between what she did at USAID and her new role at UMBC as the College of Natural and Mathematical Science’s associate dean for… Continue Reading Annica Wayman M6, ’99, to launch translational science program at Shady Grove

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