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John Martello John Martello ’76, M.S. psychology, held a number of key positions during his lengthy and influential career at the university, including vice provost for the Division of...

John Haskell John Haskell was UMBC’s first employee, hired in 1964 to build what has become the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery. What follows are edited excerpts from a recent UMBC Magazine...

Jill Randles Assistant vice provost and assistant dean for undergraduate education Jill Randles manages the university’s programs to boost undergraduate student success – including an array of...

Jack Suess Jack Suess ’81, mathematics, and M.S. ’95, information systems, is the director of UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DOIT) and a witness to UMBC’s amazing growth in this key...

UMBC boasts no ivy, and no classical columns. But as a university designed as a primarily-commuter campus in the turbulent 60s, it was also born free of any traditional restraints on how a campus...

UMBC boasts no ivy, and no classical columns. But as a university designed as a primarily-commuter campus in the turbulent 60s, it was also born free of any traditional restraints on how a campus...

UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, takes your questions. The role of UMBC’s staff members in the story of the university’s rise to prominence is often overlooked. What are your...

What’s your UMBC story? And what part does your UMBC story play in the narrative of a pioneering university that is now 50 years old? So much of what we have learned at UMBC Magazine over the...

Story Time UMBC celebrates its formal 50th anniversary in September. But two years ago, before the calendar turned to 2015, a small team on campus began creating a new way for UMBC alumni and...

UMBC researcher Govind Rao wants to bring the bounty of the information age to a drugstore near you. By Joab Jackson ’90 “You’re watching history being made.” I am in the basement of UMBC’s...