Port Discovery Children's Museum seeks an EXHIBIT TECHNICIAN
Port Discovery Children’s Museum seeks an Exhibit Technician to assist with the design and fabrication of new exhibits and in the routine maintenance of existing exhibits. Responsibilities include construction and routine maintenance of all museum exhibits, general repair of exhibit activities, components and areas and cosmetic repairs, control systems, plumbing and light electrical work of the facility and grounds. Must know and adhere to safety protocol in handling machinery, electrical equipment and power tools.
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Thu, 19 May 2016 12:25:02 -0400
Harvard and Clemson presidents to speak at UMBC commencement
May 16, 2016 by Dinah Winnick
On the eve of UMBC’s 50th anniversary, the university will welcome two prominent higher education leaders as commencement speakers whose words will have particular significance in this milestone year.
Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust will speak to the Class of 2016 at UMBC’s undergraduate commencement ceremony. For UMBC—an innovative, young institution now recognized nationwide for redefining excellence in higher education—this connection with the esteemed leader of the oldest higher education institution in the nation is quite meaningful. Faust will receive an honorary degree of doctor of public service during the ceremony on Thursday, May 19, 2016.
Faust is the 28th president of Harvard University and the Lincoln Professor of History in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. As president of Harvard, Faust has expanded financial aid to improve access to Harvard College for students of all economic backgrounds and advocated for increased federal funding for scientific research. She has broadened the University’s international reach; raised the profile of the arts on campus; embraced sustainability; launched edX, an online learning partnership with MIT; and promoted collaboration across academic disciplines and administrative units. She is also the author of six books, including This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (2008), which won the 2009 Bancroft Prize and was recognized by The New York Times as one of the “Ten Best Books of 2008.”
Numerous UMBC alumni have gone on to graduate studies and faculty and staff positions at Harvard. From UMBC’s newest class of graduates, Gaurav Luthria ’16, bioinformatics, will soon begin a Ph.D. in bioinformatics and integrative biology at Harvard. Graduating summa cum laude, Luthria previously interned at the Health Sciences and Technology Division, a joint initiative between MIT and Harvard, where he used social media data to study neurodevelopmental disorders.
Clemson University President James P. Clements, a three-time alumnus of UMBC, will speak at the graduate commencement ceremony on May 18, 2016, and will receive an honorary doctor of education degree. Clements ’85, computer science, and ’91 M.S. and ’93 Ph.D., operations analysis, has shared with UMBC Magazine how much he has enjoyed watching UMBC “skyrocket into one of the hottest universities in the country,” saying, “It has just continued to climb up and up and up.”
Clements is the 15th president of Clemson University. Under his leadership Clemson has reached several key milestones, including a record number of student applications and a record-breaking year in private fundraising. A nationally recognized leader in higher education, Clements previously served as the president of West Virginia University for nearly five years, and he is past chair of the board of directors for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU). He serves on the board of directors of the American Council on Education (ACE) and on the executive committee of the APLU’s Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity. He also chairs the ACE Commission on Leadership and co-chairs the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
UMBC community members who aren’t able to attend the ceremonies can view them live through the commencement webcast, or follow them on Twitter @UMBC and through #UMBCgrad. Videos of the remarks will also be available online after the ceremonies.
Images: Spring 2015 UMBC commencement, photo by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC; Harvard President Drew Faust is pictured in the Harvard Art Museums at Harvard University, photo courtesy of Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer; Clemson President James Clements, photo courtesy of Clemson University.
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Florika Macazo featured in UMBC News
Brains and Ingenuity
Congratulations to recent graduate Florika Macazo (Ph.D.
2016, Chemistry) being featured in UMBC news, detailing her dissertation work
and the ingenuity behind it that led to NSF funding. Macazo’s project expands the capability of an
established technique, scanning conductance ion microscopy (SCIM), which uses
electric current to create a topographical map of a nanoscale surface. This procedure
was adapted using naturally-occurring protein channels, a kind of molecular
gate, to measure concentrations of ions passing in and out of cells. In her
novel technique, Macazo recreated a simple cell membrane at the pipet tip and
embedded the protein channel in it. She has successfully tested a channel
called hemolysin, which allows anything smaller than 1.4 nanometers across to
pass through. The translational part of this research would allow measuring the
concentrations of charged molecules (ions) passing through cell membranes in
the brain to increase understanding of cell-to-cell communication in healthy
brains and those with neurodevelopmental disorders. Well done, Flaire!!
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Job Offer: Full-time Humanities teacher - Maret School
Maret seeks to hire a full-time Humanities teacher for courses in our Upper School for the 2016 – 2017 school year. The job involves teaching four sections – a combination of core English courses and a year-long 11th and 12th grade elective based on the school’s needs and/or the teacher’s interests and experience. Maret offers a close-knit, supportive environment and a collegial atmosphere. We welcome energetic and flexible lifelong learners who are reflective about their teaching practices and willing to innovate and grow as teachers and mentors.
Applicants should have a minimum of two years teaching experience in English, an interest in interdisciplinary approaches to learning, and a demonstrated commitment to collaboration. They should have a comfort with technology and interest in working with students of different developmental levels who possess a range of abilities and learning styles. Additionally, the person hired should expect to serve as an academic advisor and embrace our equity an inclusion-centered school mission.
If this description speaks to you and you are interested in working in the DC area, please send a cover letter and resume BY EMAIL ONLY to Nicholas Michalopoulos, Chair of the Humanities Department,
atnmichalopoulos@maret.org. Unfortunately, we will not be able to respond personally to every applicant. You will hear from us only if your experience matches our current needs.
**Anyone interested could also contact Michael Powell (LLC Cohort 19)
jpowell5@umbc.edu The end of every year is full of huge changes - some students have graduated, some are much closer to graduation, and some are just entering college. No matter what stage of the college process you are in, every single student needs a chance to relax after a long year of classes. Summer is the best time for relaxation, but it is also a great time to plan for your future. There are many steps you can take this summer to help reach your career goals:
First, it is important to set up a strong and professional LinkedIn account. This can help you establish strong connections with previous and potential employers who could potentially be very helpful in future job searches. The Career Center website has agreat resource to help you get started creating your account.
LinkedIn can also help you network with UMBC alumni. The Career Center has a LinkedIn group for students to network with alumni that can be foundhere, called the UMBC Alumni-Student Networking Group. I would definitely suggest that you request entry into the group – networking opportunities are an important part of the career search and the earlier you start the more connections you will have in the future.
Summer is also a great time to perfect your resume. There are many helpful resources online, likethis career guide andthis page of our website. The Career Center will also be open this summer, so stopping in for a drop-in appointment or making a longer appointment with a career counselor is an option. Resumes may not be the most fun to update, but they are important when you are searching for a job.
Finally, it is always important to further explore career options. Although most people have a goal and a dream job, it may be important to plan a way to achieve that goal. Some people may still be undecided as to what exactly they plan to do with their lives, and this is a great time to explore options.
Last summer, I spent weeks thinking about my future and my major, and I eventually realized that I needed to change my focus within my major. I am now much more content and am much more positive about my future than I was at the end of last year. I would definitely suggest taking the time to think and plan this summer because it will be much easier and less stressful without classes as a distraction.
There are many Career Center resources that can provide ideas about how your major can transfer into a future career, like theMajor Sheets and theLinks by Major. Making appointments with career counselors can also be very helpful in developing realistic future goals, so if you are stressing over your future it may be helpful to contact the career center.
We’ve all worked hard this year and we all deserve a break, but it is still important to plan well for the future. Sure, summer is for Netflix, vacations, and spending time with friends. But if you really want to set yourself up for success focus on improving your LinkedIn account, resume, and goal for the future. Great job getting through this year and good luck on the next stage in your academic or professional career!
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Congratulations, UMBC Class of 2016!!!
Hello Future Retrievers,
Today is the day of our Undergraduate Commencement, and we couldn’t be prouder of our Retrievers who are leaving the Dawg House! With nearly 2,000 graduates, the Class of 2016 will now be able to turn the tassel and close this chapter of their lives. UMBC’s “Top Knotch” education has prepared our new alum to go on to receive graduate degrees at schools like Harvard, Stanford, and Princeton; begin positions at major government agencies and companies, like Amazon and Northrop Grumman; or to career opportunities around the globe.
To learn more about the Class of 2016, please click here.
Check out our Assistant Vice Provost of Undergraduate Admissions, Orientation, and School Partnerships, Dale Bittinger, with some of graduating student workers. He’s even matching!
Congrats again Retrievers!!!
Remember, you can always stay up to date and find out what’s going on with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions by following us on our social media sites @UMBCadmissions!
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2nd LLC Graduate Student Conference - CFP Extension (July 1)
Dear LLC friends,
Now that the semester is over, we would like to invite (and remind) you to submit your proposals for the 2nd LLC Graduate Student Conference: #IntellectualActivistMovement(s): Reconnecting University Scholarship and Community Action. The conference will take place at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on October 1st, 2016.
The organizing committee of the conference has extended the deadline for submissions to July 1st, 2016.
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Two UMBC history professors win Berlin Prize fellowships
This story first appeared on news.umbc.edu and was written by Max Cole.
Rebecca Boehling and
Kate Brown have won a coveted semester-long fellowship from
The American Academy in Berlin.
Boehling and
Brown, both professors in UMBC’s history department, are two of just 23 scholars selected nationwide to receive Berlin Prize Fellowships, which are awarded annually to scholars, writers, composers, and artists from the United States who represent the “highest standards of excellence in their fields.”
During the fall 2016 semester, Rebecca Boehling will use the fellowship in Berlin to make a comparative assessment of how the United States, Great Britain, and France approached the process of undoing Nazi influences in post-World War II German society. She will examine the divergent theories behind denazification and how they were implemented. From 2013-2015, Boehling was director of the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen, Germany.
In spring 2017, Kate Brown will continue her research project by writing a history of human survival in the territories surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. She is conducting a large-scale, archival-based history of Chernobyl to explore how citizens negotiated daily life with exposures to radioactive isotopes. Last month, Brown received a prestigious research fellowship from the
Carnegie Corporation of New York.
“We look forward to welcoming another group of outstanding fellows to the Academy. By working with their peers and partner institutions in Berlin and presenting their projects to the public, they will actively contribute to the exchange of ideas,” said Academy president Gerhard Casper in a
news release announcing the 2016-17 awards.
The fellows were chosen by an independent selection committee and they are encouraged to work with individuals and institutions in The American Academy in Berlin’s established network to forge connections and lasting partnerships.
This is the first time that UMBC professors have received the prestigious fellowship. Read more about
Rebecca Boehling and
Kate Brown on the history department website. For more information about The American Academy in Berlin, visit the
Academy’s website.
Top image: Kate Brown speaks at the 2015 Presidential Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony. Photo by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC.
UMBC and IBM Research have announced an exciting new collaboration to create the Accelerated Cognitive Cybersecurity Lab (ACCL), opening at UMBC in fall 2016. Housed within the College of Engineering and Information Technology, the ACCL will advance scientific frontiers in cybersecurity and machine learning. The new lab is supported by a multi-year commitment from IBM.
“UMBC faculty and students in the College of Engineering and Information Technology are excited to expand our work on global scientific and cybersecurity challenges in collaboration with world class partners like IBM,” says Julie Ross, dean of the UMBC’s College of Engineering and Information Technology.
Anupam Joshi, director of UMBC’s Center for Cybersecurity and chair of computer science and electrical engineering, will lead the ACCL. Building on prior research, faculty and students working in the ACCL will apply cognitive computing to complex challenges in the rapidly expanding field of cybersecurity. They will collaborate with IBM scientists and leverage IBM’s advanced computing systems to add speed and scale to the cybersecurity solutions they develop.
UMBC is also one of eight universities working to train IBM’s Watson computer system, internationally famous for its capacity to answer questions delivered in natural language, for application in the cybersecurity sphere. This work seeks to increase the capacity of cybersecurity professionals to quickly detect and respond to emerging threats. The other universities involved with training Watson include California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Pennsylvania State University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; New York University; the University of New Brunswick; the University of Ottawa, and the University of Waterloo.
Beyond moving forward a research mission with great public impact, the ACCL collaboration will also help IBM establish itself as an employer of choice for UMBC graduate and undergraduate students.
Joshi shares, “This collaboration will allow our students and faculty to work with IBM to advance the state-of-the-art in cognitive computing and cybersecurity.”
Media coverage:
Image: Anupam Joshi and Yelena Yesha working with several UMBC students, top; Ph.D. student Lisa Mathews, Dean Julie Ross, and IBM’s Jeb Linton (l-r) view a Watson interface, second photo. Photos by Mitro Hood/Feature Photo Service.
As the academic year draws to a close, we thought we might take the time to introduce you to some of our Alumni Association Scholarship recipients. Today, we hear from Joelle Cusic ’16, biochemistry and molecular biology.
Name: Joelle Cusic
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Grad Year: 2016
Extracurriculars: Shock Trauma volunteer at UMMC, URA scholar, Woolie, hospital lab volunteer, violin
Why did you decide to attend UMBC? I decided to attend UMBC because I felt that I would receive a strong science education with the opportunity to do research, which would provide me with a strong foundation upon which I can build when I enter medical school.
What’s been the most amazing discovery you’ve made so far as a student here? The most amazing discovery I’ve made so far as a student at UMBC is that I can achieve my goals and far exceed my own expectations. I’m still amazed that I’m a Biochem major. There is always room to improve and grow and looking back over the last few years here, I have seen just how far I’ve come as an individual and as a student.
What are you most proud of accomplishing in your time at UMBC? If there is anything I’m most happy about accomplishing, it is that I have had the opportunity to expand my own mind through research while helping other through being a teaching assistant.
What would you say to the people who provided your scholarship? I would say thank you for helping me pursue my dream of becoming a medical doctor. Your gift has helped me immensely as I finish out my last year of undergrad and my parents and I are truly grateful. Your gift has allowed me to take another step closer to reaching my goal.
What do you hope to do after graduation? Once I graduate with my bachelor of science in biochemistry and molecular biology in May 2016, I will be applying to medical school in the hopes of matriculating in fall 2017. During my year off, I plan to find a position in a local hospital and perhaps a research internship. I am also in the midst of applying for a spot in a six-month medical missions trip, which is based in New Zealand and will run from January to June of 2017, that will serve the islands of the South Pacific. However, my ultimate goal is to become an oncologist, which I believe would allow me to be able to have the opportunity to treat patients and promote health wellness and prevention within the community while also opening the door for me to do research on genetic diseases.
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