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Written by John Rennie Short, professor emeritus of public policy, UMBC On Sept. 3, 2025, China celebrated the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan by staging a carefully choreographed...

Meet Kayla Logue, a junior with a dance major and a cinematography minor. Kayla is a Linehan Artist Scholar, is an intern for UMBC’s communications and marketing team, and is a Visual and...

“Support” is one of the most frequently used words when UMBC students reflect on their internship experiences on and off campus. From resources offered by the Career Center, to guidance from...

The Jim Crow era was marked by strict racial segregation, severely limiting Black individuals’ mobility and dignity. Public leisure spaces were often segregated, making travel dangerous and...

Every biological sciences graduate student at UMBC knows “the face”—Tom Cronin’s signature scowl, which, contrary to appearances, signals rapt attention rather than disapproval. At a day-long...

Kevin Omland, professor of biological sciences, has spent 25 years teaching and researching evolution. His new book, Understanding the Tree of Life, is the latest in the “Understanding Life”...

Meet Anita Das ’83, M.S. ’87. Anita is a mostly-retired medical researcher specializing in infectious diseases and a UMBC planned giving donor. She still consults with biotech companies as a...

Chance and faith: These two forces have shaped the trajectory of Jeanne van Briesen’s life (while also inspiring the names for her two Russian Blue cats). It was by chance that she went down the...

The Conversation Weekly Podcast Interview with Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, UMBC. With Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un among 26 world...

Written by Fred L. Pincus, emeritus professor of Sociology, UMBC. Two big assumptions underlie President Donald Trump’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. The first is...