From UMBC News and Magazine
Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands
Written by Farah Nibbs, assistant professor of emergency and disaster health systems at UMBC. In the popular imagination, the Caribbean is paradise, an exotic place to escape to. But behind...
Posted: May 14, 2024, 8:31 AM
Meet a Retriever—Ron Pettie ’82, retired police officer and true Retriever Believer
Meet Ron Pettie. Ron is a retired Baltimore City police officer and a loyal Retriever alumnus, graduating with a B.A. in English in 1982. When he’s not writing postcards to incoming UMBC students,...
Posted: May 13, 2024, 8:24 AM
From solar energy harvesting to advanced batteries: Cohort of new engineering faculty bolster UMBC’s commitment to Earth-friendly research
This April 22, as the campus community celebrated Earth Day, the feel of spring’s natural reawakening was in the air. Birds chirped from newly leafed trees and students strolled in the bright...
Posted: May 10, 2024, 2:05 PM
Chuck Peake—Pioneer of UMBC’s economics program
As Charles “Chuck” Peake celebrated his 90th birthday late one December evening in 2022, a contingent of middle-aged investors, bankers, and academics—Retriever alumni of various decades—were...
Posted: May 8, 2024, 2:38 PM
COEIT convenes inaugural research day to encourage interdisciplinary collaborations
On April 19, more than 150 people gathered for the inaugural College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) Research Day. The event was an opportunity for faculty and students to...
Posted: May 8, 2024, 12:50 PM
How 19th-century Spiritualists ‘canceled’ the idea of hell to address social and political concerns
Written by Lindsay DiCuirci, associate professor of English at UMBC. Between Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, drivers pass a billboard on Interstate 71 that has achieved some internet fame....
Posted: May 8, 2024, 12:11 PM
UMBC’s first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence shares unique research on neurodiversity in language teaching and learning
Neurodiversity inclusion and representation have been at the forefront of Michael Canale’s 20-year career in the disability services and education field. Canale, M.A. ’24, intercultural...
Posted: May 7, 2024, 1:43 PM
Neediest areas are being shortchanged on government funds − even with programs designed to benefit poor communities
Written by Eric Stokan, assistant professor of political science at UMBC; Aaron Deslatte, assistant professor of public administration at Indiana University, and Michael Overton, associate...
Posted: May 7, 2024, 1:38 PM
Ryan Bloom, English, receives 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship for translation
Ryan Bloom, senior lecturer in English, has received the 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship for translation to work on the first complete edition of the French-Algerian author Albert Camus’s notebooks,...
Posted: May 7, 2024, 9:33 AM
Meet a Retriever—Camilla Sandoval ’17, M.A. ’19, program coordinator for Maryland Humanities
Meet Camilla Sandoval ’17, history, M.A. ’19, historical studies, a first-generation student who spent part of her time on each of UMBC’s campuses before graduating and putting her studies to...
Posted: May 6, 2024, 12:33 PM
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