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Nine distinguished faculty and alumni shared their stories at GRIT-X, a TED talk-style event during UMBC’s Homecoming. Karl Steiner, UMBC vice president for research, introduced the event, which...

By Steve Levy ’85, Associate Athletic Director, Athletic Communications Above photo: The Retrievers celebrate their Homecoming win over Albany (3-1). Photo by Gail Burton. The UMBC men’s soccer...

UMBC’s partnership with Lakeland Elementary and Middle School in Baltimore has grown steadily over the last five years, and it bore measurable results this spring: Lakeland performed much above...

The UMBC community gathered for the 2017 UMBC Alumni Awards on October 5 in the Linehan Concert Hall to celebrate individuals who have made impressive contributions to society through their work....

As fall semester has kicked into high gear, UMBC professors have connected not just with students in the classroom, but also with the broader public through research-based reflections on current...

Noemi Petra, Ph.D. ’10, M.S. ’07, applied mathematics, has always been a hard worker. In her dissertation research at UMBC, she forayed into engineering applications, mathematical theory, and...

Required first day of school selfie. We attend school for different reasons — or, more likely, a combination of reasons. When we go “back to school” later, those reasons often multiply or change....

Who inspired YOU most as a student at UMBC? We asked, and you answered! #UMBCwow “Ilsa Lottes pulled me into Sociology, and Leslie Morgan convinced me to pursue a Ph.D. Both women were amazing...

Patrick Rife ’10, visual arts As an undergraduate student of art history at UMBC, Patrick Rife ’10, visual arts, paid homage to obsolescent technology by building a sculpture out of 9,000 vinyl...

Henge After a sculpture titled, Forum, by Thomas Sayre Outside the glass wall That separates us From the cold and below, Covered with an icing Of melting snow, Are the half arches...