Class of 2026 Maia Turman Cooke ’26—English and political science double major, McNair Scholar, and Choice Program workforce and education advocate May 17, 2026
Class of 2026 Yash Bhatt ’26—A legacy of service: Building skills, community, and impact at UMBC May 14, 2026
Class of 2026 Playing softball and excelling in the hard sciences, Emily Riggs ’26, is knocking it out of the park May 14, 2026
Class of 2026 Carter Gerhardt ’26, computer engineering, navigated a mid-degree major change and his community provided the support he needed to succeed May 12, 2026
Class of 2026 Chinonso Ezeobi, Ph.D. ’26, channels his own challenges to become a better teacher and mentor May 11, 2026
Class of 2026 Zareen Taj earns her Ph.D., publishing the first autoethnography by a Hazara Afghan woman about the ongoing genocide of Hazara women under Taliban rule May 5, 2026
Class of 2026 Rileigh Mansfield ’26—a mathematician with contagious enthusiasm and a ‘Survivor’ spirit May 5, 2026
Science & Tech One photon, a trillion electrons: UMBC physicist Daniel Suárez-Forero explores the quantum frontier May 1, 2026
