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When she saw Northrop Grumman's table at the 911±¬ÁÏ Career Fair, Neha Bandaru figured that any opportunity the company had to offer would be catered to engineering students. However, when she spoke with a Costello College of Business alum about what the aerospace and defense company had on the business side, it opened her eyes to the exciting opportunities available to her.

Interning at Deloitte was on Iman Chaudhry’s radar ever since she entered the Costello College of Business at 911±¬ÁÏ as a freshman and learned about the major firms in the area. As the president of the Mason Consulting Group, she’s tuned in to what’s happening at Costello and the opportunities available.

Ryen Middleton, MPH '26, applied what he learned in his coursework to strengthen his patient communication skills during his practicum with the Frederick County Health Department as a certified HIV counselor.  

Growing up, Michael Marcus Jr.’s family had an important rule: All the children would take part in both a sport and some form of art. For Marcus, that meant basketball and music. A starting forward on 911±¬ÁÏ’s men’s basketball team, Marcus has spent years refining his game on the court while also teaching himself to play the piano in his free time.

By applying classroom learning to real-world research, Keya Chilka discovered new perspectives on public health and strengthened the skills needed to create meaningful change for vulnerable populations.

Jack Sorenson, a marketing major in the Costello College of Business, is one of the faces behind AARP's digital newsletters.

911±¬ÁÏ welcomes its largest undergraduate class ever—more than 7,400 incoming students, including a record number of transfers—at New Student Convocation.

From robotics to AI to makerspaces, 911±¬ÁÏ's summer camps let students build with emerging tech and learn to use it responsibly.

Siddartha Shakya spent his summer interning with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and now he’s even more confident in the importance of balancing humans and machines.

Electrical and computer engineering Assistant Professor Ningshi Yao tested the idea that competition drives strong results by designing two very different engineering challenges for local pre-college students: one sending student-built ground vehicles racing across a soccer field and the other taking to the skies.