Have You Seen This Year’s GRIT-X Speakers? Part of Homecoming 2024!
A Homecoming staple since 2016, this year GRIT-X is going to be bigger than ever before—so we had to move it to its own day. Join us on Thursday, October 24 from 4 – 6 p.m. as we celebrate the passion and accomplishments of UMBC alumni, faculty, and graduate students in the areas of research, scholarship, and creative achievement. 

After the talks, you’re invited to join us for a special reception and showcase co-sponsored by bwtech@UMBC.

Click Here to Register for GRIT-X


FEATURED SPEAKERS


Stefanie Mavronis ’12, political science, media and communication studies 
Director, Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE), City of Baltimore

Making the Impossible Real – Homegrown Leadership and Violence Prevention in Baltimore


Todd Pittman 
Professor, Physics
Director, QSI 

Quantum Entanglement – From Fundamental Physics to an Information Revolution


Guenet Abraham 
Professor, Visual Arts

Typography – The Elements of a Word


Aryya Gangopadhyay
Professor, Information Systems; Director, Center for Real-time Distributed Sensing and Autonomy (CARDS)

Where Humans Can’t Go – Human Robot Teaming


G. Derek Musgrove ‘97, history 
Professor, History

From "Protest to Politics" to Protest and Politics – The Black Freedom Struggle in the 1980s 


Takashi Yamashita 
Professor, Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health; Gerontology Doctoral Program 

When Does Our Education End? – Aging and Life Course Perspectives


Patricia Ordóñez, M.S. ’10, Ph.D. ’12, Computer Science 
Associate Professor, Information Systems

Why Moms Should Be Leaders in Computing Education


Mehdi Benna 
Research Scientist, Center for Space Sciences and Technology

Taking a New “Small Step for Man” – The Giant Leap of Our Generation


Tamra Mendelson
Professor, Biological Sciences

The Biology of Beauty – How the Peacock Got Its Tail


Sponsored by the Office of Research and Creative Achievement 

For the full Homecoming event line-up, visit homecoming.umbc.edu
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Homecoming and Family Weekend

October 25 – 27, 2024

Mark your calendars for Homecoming and Family Weekend, October 25 – 27, when all UMBC Retrievers, family, friends, and community members are invited to celebrate all things black and gold (and perhaps a little ghostly)! 

The carnival, puppy costume parade, painting pumpkins, reuniting with fellow alumni, men’s and women’s soccer games, monster dash 5k, and GRIT-X, and more—UMBC Homecoming and Family Weekend 2024 is a time to reconnect and celebrate your Retriever pride. 

Check homecoming.umbc.edu for updated information.

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GRIT-X

October 24 2024

Back by popular demand, GRIT-X returns as a highlight of Homecoming, and this year it's going to be bigger and better than ever before!

Mark your calendars for Thursday, October 24 from 4 – 6 p.m. as we gather in the Fine Arts Recital Hall to celebrate the passion and achievements of UMBC alumni, faculty, and graduate students in the areas of research, scholarship, and creative endeavors. Stick around for a reception immediately following from 6 – 7:30 p.m.

Do you know someone who would make a good GRIT-X speaker?Let us know using the linked nomination form! If you have questions, please contact Karl V. Steiner, Vice President of Research and Creative Achievement, at steinerk@umbc.edu.


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