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Building Bridges in STEM

UMBC Mathematics Partners with the Ingenuity Project

In early 2024, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UMBC launched an exciting partnership with the Ingenuity Project, a premier STEM magnet program housed at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. While the department’s Enrollment Growth and Outreach Committee had been engaged in outreach to local high schools, Ingenuity presented a unique opportunity to collaborate with some of the region’s most talented high school mathematics students.

The department committed faculty and UMBC student support to foster connections, raise awareness of UMBC’s programs, and strengthen ties within the Baltimore STEM community. Over the past year, the partnership has flourished—Math & Stat faculty visited Ingenuity’s Math Modeling Club, offered consultation for their Research Methods course, and contributed to their annual Research Conference and Symposium.

This spring, the department welcomed over 20 Ingenuity students and their instructor for a special campus visit, featuring classroom drop-ins, student Q&As, and conversations with Math & Stat majors and participants in UMBC’s renowned Meyerhoff Scholars Program.

Additionally, the department joined a campus-wide coalition—including the Meyerhoff Scholars, the College of Engineering and Information Technology, and The Institute for Extended Learning—to sponsor this year’s STEM Research Conference and Symposium with over $7,000 in sponsorship support. UMBC honor societies Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics) and Mu Sigma Rho (Statistics) will also participate in this year’s Research Conference.

This growing partnership reflects UMBC’s commitment to inclusive excellence and community engagement in STEM.

Click on the thumbnail images below to view full-size photos from the recent visit of Ingenuity students to UMBC.