Meet Rebekah,

She is a Biological Sciences major, an URA Scholar, and a MARC U*STAR Scholar. She is also a past-HHMI Scholar. She is currently a tutor focusing on Cell Biology and is a Learning Assistant for general chemistry courses. Her future plans are to obtain her PhD or MD/PhD in a field of biological sciences.

Her research will explore the microscopic world of Ribonucleic acids. Genetic and biochemical studies of the ribosome show that ribosome formation is a complex process of synthesis and assembly of individual components, namely ribosomal proteins (rp) and ribosomal RNA (rRNA). This project was designed to develop a method for determining these binding patterns without interrupting ribosome biogenesis. By investigating this information about ribosomal proteins, we may better understand the ribosome in its entirety and add to the foundational understanding of one of the most important complexes in life.

Read more about her research project here...

Wednesday, September 7 -- BE THERE

12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.

COMMONS 331

Independent research/scholarship/creative work allows you to 

• Experience the work of professionals in your field
• Try out a new area in your field; see if you like it
• Work closely with a mentor 
  
• Get paid or earn academic credit
• Apply what you learn in the classroom
• Contribute to the advancement of your field
  

NOW is the time to understand PAID summer programs for NEXT SUMMER. Attend this session and be ready to apply. 

Also, learn about UMBC programs to support research/creative work:

• Undergraduate Research Award (URA) FUNDING for your own project
• Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) where students present their results
• Travel Funding for when your work is accepted at a professional conference
• Publication opportunities in UMBC Review.
  

NOW is the time to get started. Learn how. Sign up here:http://my.umbc.edu/groups/undergradresearch/events/40944 

Meet Riley,

She is an Ancient Studies major and an URA Scholar. She is currently the president of the Ancient Studies Council, a group focused on engaging students in the Classics and sponsoring peer mentorship. For UMBC’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, the council is preparing for Ancient Studies Week, and a series of scheduled events and partnerships. In the future, she plans on pursing a PhD in Classics, concentrating on ancient medicine and sex culture.

Her research will study the development of female liaisons into full-fledged and acknowledged medical professionals in Imperial Rome. Due to societal taboos involving the female body and childbirth throughout the ancient world, women played a primary role in the treatment of so called “female diseases” and an exclusive role in normal childbirth. Male doctors and healers often employed women as intermediaries in the treatment of female clients, and it is generally recognized that doctors such as Hippocrates and Soranus wrote their authoritative treatises on female diseases based upon information given to them by such intermediaries. This project will tell the story of the women who self-identified as medical professionals by situating these few surviving women within the wider development professional medicine in the West.

Read more about her research project here...

Fine Arts : Ground Floor
Interdisciplinary Studies undergraduate program at UMBC
Welcome back brunch with information about how to design your own major at UMBC.

Wednesday, September 7 -- BE THERE

12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.

COMMONS 331

Independent research/scholarship/creative work allows you to

• Experience the work of professionals in your field
• Try out a new area in your field; see if you like it
• Work closely with a mentor
  
• Get paid or earn academic credit
• Apply what you learn in the classroom
• Contribute to the advancement of your field
  

NOW is the time to understand PAID summer programs for NEXT SUMMER. Attend this session and be ready to apply.

Also, learn about UMBC programs to support research/creative work:

• Undergraduate Research Award (URA) FUNDING for your own project
• Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) where students present their results
• Travel Funding for when your work is accepted at a professional conference
• Publication opportunities in UMBC Review.
  

NOW is the time to get started. Learn how. Sign up here: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/undergradresearch/events/40944

Friday, October 14, 2016 · 1 PM - 5 PM

The Commons : 329

This fun, inspiring workshop will help you identify your most remarkable, reliable strengths. We will focus on how to describe your arts, humanities, or social science degree to potential employers in a way that emphasizes your most relevant and transferable skills.

Meet Isabel,

She is a Global Studies major (with a Spanish Minor), and a Winter researcher. In her free time, Isabel is the director and founder of the Reach Initiative, a mentorship program that assists Baltimore high school women who have an interest in the STEM fields. She is also the Director of SGA’s Service and Community Outreach department as well as the Vice-President of UMBC’s all-female acapella group, the Stilettos.

Her research investigates Fair Trade through a feminist economics lens to see whether it truly can aid in preventing gender violence and discrimination in Latin America. Last winter, she traveled to Honduras where she visited various coffee plantations and “fincas” and interviewed about 25 women about working conditions. Her next step in the process is to transcribing, translating, and analyzing all the qualitative data.

Read more about her research project here...