UMBC News & Magazine Headlines

UMBC is one of three leading academic institutions collaborating on a new research initiative that focuses on cybersecurity for critical national infrastructures, including information technology,...

LaMont Toliver, former director of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. UMBC has named its inaugural LaMont Toliver Scholar — graduating senior chemical engineering major Adrian Davey ’18, a member of...

Evan Avila ‘20, economics and political science, is a millennial with retirement on his mind, and his fresh ideas are now capturing the interest of policymakers. Avila recently won first place in...

Graduates of the UMBC College of Engineering and Information Technology and those who now work in the IT field gathered for a networking happy hour this week at Jailbreak Brewing Company in...

Cybersecurity is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States and a recent Business-Higher Education Forum report calls Maryland the “epicenter of national cybersecurity.” The...

UMBC’s Office of the Provost has launched a university-wide initiative to celebrate faculty who go above and beyond as educators, scholars, and leaders on campus and in their fields. This...

On June 12, leaders from UMBC and the University of Limpopo in South Africa formalized commitments to collaborate through joint research as well as faculty and student exchanges. UMBC has steadily...

UMBC’s Chapter of Young Alumni welcomed more than 200 alumni and guests for the 13th Annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction last month at the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple in Baltimore. In addition...

F. Chris Curran, Assistant Professor of Public Policy University of Maryland, Baltimore County A federal school safety commission that formed after the Parkland, Florida, school massacre won’t...

by Adam Bargteil, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County With 25 years of hindsight, “Jurassic Park” marks a pivotal point in...