Savannah Steinly, Chemical Engineering, May 2018

Savannah spent her summer bushwhacking through the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest for science! She wanted to understand the connection between soil properties and vegetation recovery on complex topography after a fire disturbance. A typical day of field research included in waking up before the sun to hike mountains and measure trees, estimate ground cover, and collect soil samples, among other data collection methods. By the end of the day, she is tired and completely covered in dead tree ash, but it’s worth it. Outside of the field, she analyzed data, explored the outdoor recreation of the Methow Valley, and binge-watched House of Cards with her field crew.

Engaging in field ecology research has confirmed her interest in pursuing a conservation career, and possibly a research career. She is excited to combine her passion for environmental science with engineering this semester by taking her first course on the chemE environmental track!

T. Rowe Price is one of the largest employers of UMBC students and graduates from all majors.  If you’re an upcoming December or May graduate ready to begin your career or a student looking to earn while you learn, T. Rowe Price has a career opportunity for you.

You’ll find internships and full-time jobs that span multiple disciplines—such as client services, technology, and investments.

Explore your options, build your skills, collaborate with talented teams, and make your mark—personally and professionally.

BRING YOUR RESUME TO THE EVENT BELOW
T. Rowe Price Connects Day
TODAY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST
11AM TO 2PM, UC 312
Come when you are able, there is no need to stay for the entire event. 
This is your chance to get up close and personal to members of the T. Rowe Price to learn about career opportunities and interact with individuals that may be able to land you that perfect internship or job! 

ALSO APPLY TO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:

FULL-TIME POSITIONS FOR DECEMBER AND MAY 2017 GRADS
Investment Fellowship- Deadline to Apply for an On-Campus Interview via UMBCworks this WEDNESDAY
T. Rowe Price’s Investment Fellowship Program offers college undergraduate and graduate students within mathematics, engineering, and the sciences a challenging quantitative opportunity to thrive in the financial industry, which is becoming increasingly quantitative and data driven.

Financial Services Representative- open to ALL majors
Deadline to Apply via UMBCworks on 9/23
Do you enjoy helping others identify solutions that help achieve their goals? Do you like problem-solving, digging deeper to understand a situation? If so, your talents are needed at T. Rowe Price!

INTERN POSITIONS
Intern, Undergraduate- DEADLINE TO APPLY THIS MONDAY, OPEN TO ALL MAJORS
Owings Mills, MD - Building 4   |   24160   |  

2017 Summer Intern – Asset Allocation
Baltimore, MD   |   25419   |  
Quantitative or analytical background, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or Physical Sciences study

2017 Summer Intern – Portfolio Modeling Group
Baltimore, MD   |   25418   |
3.5 GPA or above, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Mathematics or Physical Sciences

Summer 2017 Undergrad Internship - Associate Analyst – Equity Research Baltimore, MD   |   MUST apply to this position via UMBCworks
Minimum sophomore status in college with a 3.5 or higher GPA required pursuing an undergraduate degree in Finance, Business Administration or a related discipline

Summer Intern – Technology
Owings Mills, MD - Red Run Boulevard, More...   |   25413  
Work on projects within one of the following teams:
Mobile applications development (iOS, HTML5), Applications development (Java, CSS, .Net, SharePoint, C++), Business Analysis, Project Management, Database/Data Management, Enterprise and Cyber Security, Production Systems Support, Trading Floor Support

Go On the Road to Visit APL with the UMBC Career Center

DATE:  Friday, October 7th

TIME:  8:45am to 1:00pm

Help Define the Future: Intern/Work for Johns Hopkins University APL

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is recognized as one of the world's Most Innovative Companies of 2016 by Fast Company magazine. 

Join the Career Center as we go "on the road" to visit the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.  Learn about the exciting research occurring at APL as well as full-time career and summer internship opportunities. 

RSVP DETAILS

The bus will depart Commons Circle at 8:45 am and return by 1:00 pm.  To participate, you must RSVP under Events via UMBCworks.  Click on “Events” and then search “Info Sessions."  ONLY 25 seats available.  First Come First Serve.   Again, you must be on the RSVP list to participate.

Undergraduate and graduate students should be in one of the following disciplines with at least a 3.0 overall GPA:

Questions:  E-mail Christine Routzahn at routzahn@umbc.edu. 

Space is limited.

ARE YOU A FUTURE TECHNICAL LEADER? 

NORTHROP GRUMMAN WANTS TO FIND OUT!

Northrop Grumman will be on the UMBC campus THIS WEDNESDAY, September 21st at 5pm in Commons 318 recruiting for their prestigious Future Technical Leaders (FTL) program- a professional development opportunity aimed at identifying and investing in Northrop Grumman’s next generation of technologists, engineers, architects and leaders.

The FTL Program is seeking talented STEM MS and PhD 2016-2017 graduates from UMBC interested in learning more about their exclusive three year rotational program working side-by-side with senior technical management.  It’s the chance of a lifetime—one that only a few receive. To be eligible for the FTL Program, you must be at the top of your class in a Master’s or Doctoral program. Due to the classified nature of the work, you must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain a security clearance.

Selected individuals spend three years working on a variety of critical projects that provide specialized training, networking opportunities, mentoring by senior technologists, and management visibility. 

Northrop Grumman will be selecting UMBC candidates to interview from this event!  Please bring resumes with you.

Come out and meet technical experts, leadership and hiring staff to learn more about their business, customers, industry and career paths within their organization.
Wednesday, September 21st at 5PM
UMBC Commons 318

To learn more about this program, please visit their website.

You can rsvp for this event in your UMBCworks account under the Events tab.

We look forward to seeing you on September 21st!

Graduate students in the following areas are requested:
Core Engineering – Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering with a technical focus, Aerospace Engineering with a systems focus
Specialty Disciplines - Operations research, Cyber Security and Information Assurance , Health/Bio Information Systems/Information Technology, Neuroscience/Bio Informatics, Analytics
Fundamental Sciences – Mathematics, Physics

 A weekly round-up currated by Women’s Center staff member, Michael Jalloh Jamboria

This week, my good friend came into the Women’s Center to chat. She mentioned how I ‘slayed on the daily’, her words, not mine. In the spirit of my friend, every week I will be bringing you some interesting, funny or thought-provoking content from the internet! Be sure to join us next week for more and continue to slay! This week’s articles:

Protestors of the North Dakota Pipeline Project finally have some good news as the Departments of Justice, Interior and the Army issued a temporary halt in the continuation of the project!

Saturday Night Live finally has a Latina cast member. Hmm…it only took 41 years of being on the air. Welcome Melissa Villasenor to the cast! Also, check out the Women’s Center Blog post on some other seriously funny women.

While Donald Trump was getting ready for his appearances in Baltimore to address the National Guard, People’s Power Assembly was gearing up to protest the convention.

The women on the white house staff have been using the strategy of “amplifying” to combat mansplaining on the job. Check them out!!

Finally, the Women’s Center turned 25 this week! Check out Women’s Center 25th Anniversary Playlist!

Women Center Staff members in the Birthday Party photo booth

Name: Joanna Lum

Internship, Co-op or Research Site: University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Position Title: Research Assistant

Major(s)/Minor(s): Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Expected Graduation Year: May 2019

Briefly describe your internship, co-op,  or research opportunity, including your day-to-day tasks, responsibilities, and assignments.

I was a summer research assistant at Dr. Peter Swaan's nano-medicine and drug delivery lab. In his lab, we aim to enhance the targeting ability of cancer drugs by using cell-penetrable lysine dendrimers. They are nano-sized synthetic polymers that act like tiny cars, carrying the drug and sending it to the nuclei of cells.

My project focused on the cellular internalization of drug-dendrimer conjugates in human breast cancer cells. I performed cytotoxicity assays and compared the toxicities between the drug itself and the drug-dendrimer conjugates. Then, I visualized how they entered the cells through confocal laser microscopy.

My day-to-day responsibilities included making sure the cells were growing healthily by observing them under a microscope and changing their growth medium. When they were 90-100% confluent (meaning the cells have divided extensively and were packed among one another tightly), I had to perform cell passaging or splitting. I also used the micro-pipettes almost everyday to make buffer solutions and treat the cells with the nano-medicine. 

Describe the process of obtaining your internship, research, or co-op opportunity.

I was nominated by Dean LaCourse for this summer research experience. After submitting my cover letter and resume, I had an interview with Dr. Baron, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Advising and Student Success. Then I sat down with Dr. Swaan to learn more about his current projects before he paired me up with one of his graduate students.

I especially would like to thank the STEM BUILD program for offering extensive advising, interview prep, and resume critiques throughout the school year.

What have you enjoyed the most about your position or organization/company?

On top of the great exposure to pharmaceutical science and excellent networking opportunity, I loved being able to focus on one research project for eight weeks. This full-time commitment gave me the time to bridge the gap between science in the classroom and present-day research. It has helped me to visualize the positive impacts biomedical research can bring to our community.

Also, being in a lab surrounded by dedicated graduate students has pushed me to think critically and work diligently. They have taught me to go beyond the surface and dig deep into unanswered questions with a curious mind.

The process of growing cells under sterilized and controlled conditions was very fascinating too!

How do you believe you have made an impact through your work?

One of the major setbacks of chemotherapeutic drugs is their low specificity. In order words, when the drug enters the body, it kills both healthy and cancerous cells. By studying targeted drug delivery, we hope to improve drug efficacy and minimize undesired side effects. After eight weeks of experiments, the drug-dendrimer conjugates were displayed through confocal microscopy to be endocytosed into small and punctate vesicles. The images suggested that the vesicles were trafficking towards the nuclei where they could eventually inhibit DNA replication of tumor cells. As a result, cell-penetrable lysine dendrimers can be used as a prospective vehicle for sustained drug release targeted to cancer cells. 

What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience?

Work hard in your classes during the school year and build a strong relationship with the faculty. Show them that you are serious and passionate about doing research!

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Friday, September 30, 2016
(Setup on Thursday, September 29)

Baltimore Convention Center
One West Pratt Street – West Wing
Baltimore, MD 21201

Join your friends, coworkers and neighbors to help hundreds of homeless individuals, children and families access the services they need. As a volunteer guide, you’ll be paired with a homeless participant and accompany them throughout the event.

This year’s event will also feature our first Mission of Mercy dental clinic serving an estimated 1,000 patients. Additional volunteers are needed for the dental clinic on Thursday, September 29.

We’re looking forward to having you volunteer again. Thank you!

REGISTER NOW

Questions? Contact us at phc@uwcm.org.

A blog reflection by Women’s Center intern Mariana de Matos Medeiros 

On October 5^th, 2014, I was finally able to cast my first vote for a Presidential election since moving to America. It was an incredible experience to head over into the Brazilian consulate event in Washington, DC, bright-eyed and ready to make a difference for my home country. As an immigrant who has not yet attained citizen status, I am not able to vote in America so voting to make a difference for my family and friends at home was empowering. As a feminist, I felt most thrilled about having the ability to vote for a leftist woman who had already done much to carry out social welfare programs. I voted for Dilma Rousseff based on how she had run her administration in her previous term: focusing on women and marginalized communities and continuing to carry out social welfare programs to address the ever widening gap between the rich and the poor.

During the past months Brazil’s political drama has reached its all-time high. With the most recent Olympic games being hosted in Rio, the entire world was watching as Brazil’s first woman-identified, leftist president was pushed out of office pending an investigation on alleged corrupt behavior.

Dilma Rousseff // image credit: Wikipedia

Rousseff ran for president under the left-winged Worker’s Party of Brazil, yet she did not always bring solidarity among feminists, as some may assume. In fact, the Brazilian feminist movements were often split between those who supported her public policies and those who rejected her administration, demanding advances in issues of reproductive justice and education. However, Brazilian feminists tend to agree that Rousseff’s impeachment was a blatant act of sexism and discrimination.  

Not only have several of her male counterparts been found to be involved with pedaladas fiscais (misusing bank funds from the federal government that are allocated to many state and federal social programs) without punishment, but over half of the senators who voted for her impeachment are being investigated for laundering money for personal benefit and other serious crimes.

Despite being cleared from any involvement in the pedaladas fiscais, Rousseff has been formally impeached. (This video helps unpack Brazil’s current political situation in more detail.)

What’s most disconcerting is that her replacement, Michel Temer, has been formally convicted of violating election laws and is barred from running for office for the next eight years. However, since he is already in office he is permitted to remain president until the election cycle in 2018.

With support of the elite, Temer and other conservatives began a slogan to encourage Rousseff’s impeachment: Tchau, Querida, which roughly translates to “Bye, darling.” This sexist and patronizing slogan undermines the significance of Rousseff’s time in office by dismissing it as the problem caused by a woman, a “darling.”

As it were, this is not the first time a woman in leadership has been undermined in her power and ability, and referring to a political leader in such a condescending and infantilizing manner is blatantly disrespectful.

Prior to the impeachment, politicians from all sides began passing a multitude of laws that slowly chipped away at women’s rights, including laws that would criminalize abortions for rape survivors, define families as a union between a man and a woman, and make accessing emergency contraception in the wake of the Zika outbreak more difficult. Simultaneously, old gendered concerns did not go away: violence against women is still a widespread pandemic and there is still an overall cultural acceptance surrounding gendered-based violence in Brazil as rape still remains an invisible crime.

However, with a more conservative political push came increased feminist mobilization. Through street protests and social media activism Brazilian women have fought back against this conservative wave of legislature. In June of this year, thousands of women took the streets behind a poster that read Por Elas Todas (For All Women) in outrage of the high rates of sexual violence against young girls.

Por Elas Todas protest // image credit: Flickr

Sadly, despite the feminist mobilization, the situation is still quite grim as Temer has already created the most conservative congress since the end of the military rule in 1985. His all-white, all-male congress has slashed ministries aimed at assisting women, black people, and other marginalized groups. Indeed, 7.6% of Brazil’s population is made up of individuals from African decent and most of these individuals live in poverty.

There are far more nuances to be investigated and discussed about Brazil’s deeply intricate political situation than I have space to discuss on this post. I have felt deeply concerned and proud to see so much activism surrounding the community I call home. It’s unquestionable that the circumstances surrounding Rousseff’s impeachment serves as a reminder to Brazil’s citizens and the world that misogyny and sexism toward women in leadership is alive and well.