UMBC News & Magazine Headlines

Tara S. Carpenter, Senior Lecturer and General Chemistry Coordinator,  and Gabriella Balaa, Assistant researcher, UMBC On Oct. 23, between 6:02 a.m. and 6:02 p.m., chemists celebrate Mole Day....

UMBC’s Jasmine Abrams, assistant professor of psychology, is working to increase pregnant women’s access to healthcare and HIV prevention resources in Haiti through a $390,000 award from the...

Lynne Schaefer and Jack Suess are known across UMBC for their essential roles in shaping and sustaining the university’s strong and steady growth over the years. As UMBC’s vice president for...

This year’s Homecoming brought Retrievers of all ages back to their alma mater. In many ways, Homecoming represented the very best of what UMBC has to offer, from reunions with lifelong friends...

by Preminda Jacob, Associate Professor, UMBC When the British street artist Banksy shredded his “Girl With Balloon” after it was purchased for US$1.4 million at Sotheby’s, did he know how the...

UMBC has received a new five-year, $1.4 million grant to further expand the university’s tradition of innovative undergraduate teaching and strong partnerships with community colleges to support...

Dr. Erin Lavik with graduate student Nuzhat Maishah President Freeman Hrabowski welcomed the Hilltop Society—individuals and organizations that contributed $1,000 or more in the previous fiscal...

UMBC welcomes a large number of students from community colleges every semester, including in STEM majors. To better support these students, UMBC partnered with Anne Arundel Community College,...

Artists, scientists, and social change agents from across UMBC presented the third annual GRIT-X talks on October 13, sharing their ideas and perspectives on stage in UMBC’s Dance Cube. “All our...

The artificial intelligence startup RedShred—cofounded by two UMBC alumni and housed in the bwtech@UMBC incubator—has received a rare Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Award from the...