Five of the six cast members of the famed British comedy troupe "Monty Python's Flying Circus" developed their interest in performing while students at a university. Michael Palin and Terry Jones were both students at Oxford; John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle at Cambridge. 

All five performed onstage in university comedy sketch shows before moving on to television and film.

Want to conduct research and create something innovative? 

Become a URA Scholar!
Undergraduate Research Awards provide up to $1,500 to undergraduate students to support their research or creative work with a UMBC faculty mentor on an original project. UMBC students of all years and disciplines are invited to apply, as long as they will remain enrolled at UMBC long enough to complete the proposed work. 

Apply by Feb. 16: https://ur.umbc.edu/ura/

Contact Dr. April Householder at aprilh@umbc.edu for more information.