Congratulations to Dr. Steve Freeland! $1.8 million research grant!
Click the link to read the full article by Sarah Hansen.

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Today is the day! 


The official passing of the torch!


Please welcome our seventh, and most notably, our first female department chair, Dr. Michelle Starz-Gaiano!


https://umbc.edu/stories/michelle-starz-gaiano-department-chair/

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@UMBCBiology,
joined UMBC as an assistant professor in 2008. Since then, she's been a researcher, a mentor, and a leader. This August, she will bring that experience to a new role: department chair. #UMBCproud

Click to read the full article by Sara Hansen:

https://umbc.edu/stories/michelle-starz-gaiano-department-chair/
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