BioFIRE Living & Learning Community UMD

We have a new sign outside Somerset Hall!

BioFIRE alum Joshua Johnson is inspiring UMD undergrads to learn about birds in his Student Initiated Course, Ornithology.

Birding Class Takes Flight at UMD | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland Recently dubbed the “hot-girl hobby of the year,” a new birding course at UMD filled up within minutes

Wishing our dear friend and mentor Marsha Guenzler-Stevens a wonderful retirement! Marsha taught our first semester seminar course for many years, providing support, guidance, and encouragement to dozens of BioFIRE students during the earliest days of their college experience. We are so grateful for all the wisdom you shared with our community!

A Legacy of Love | Maryland Today After 44 Years at UMD, Stamp Student Union Director Marsha Guenzler-Stevens to Retire in August

BioFIRE senior Natalie Figueroa is featured in a Maryland Today news story about a course that connects UMD students with community organizations to address public health challenges.

Class connects students with experts to solve real-world problems | University of Maryland | School of Public Health It looks and feels like an internship, but these real-life projects take place in the classroom.

Congratulations to Jinyi (Cornelia) Zhu, who was part of the very first BioFIRE cohort. Cornelia just earned her PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Maryland.

UMD BioFIRE Student Becomes Program’s First Doctoral Graduate | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland Jinyi “Cornelia” Zhu came to Maryland for the weather. She leaves with a B.S. in public health science, a Ph.D.

So proud of all our BioFIRE students who presented their work at today's Undergraduate Research Day at UMD!

BioFIRE researchers Colin Savage and Zackary Shpilman are part of a team studying a protein responsible for the overproduction of mucus in diseases like asthma. Their work is profiled in Maryland Today.

https://today.umd.edu/to-rid-body-of-asthma-and-copd-umd-researchers-hack-into-mucus-protein

Great presentations by our second, third, and fourth-year BioFIRE students at Undergraduate Research Day!

So proud of Warren Dansou (BioFIRE Cohort 6), chosen as the 2024 commencement speaker for the School of Public Health!