UMBC News & Magazine Headlines

For the second year in a row, both the UMBC men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams have earned conference championship titles, setting dozens of school and league records on their paths to...

Kafui Dzirasa ‘01, chemical engineering, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). He will be presented with the award...

Business First has named UMBC one of the nation’s top public universities in a ranking released on February 23, 2016. Baltimore Business Journal reports that UMBC is one of three Maryland...

UMBC’s Helena Mentis, assistant professor of information systems, has received the distinguished CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance her research on surgical...

Guests enjoyed dances choreographed and performed by UMBC students. There is no question that one of the secrets to UMBC’s incredible success is our dedicated donors. This past fall, we took an...

Two university presidents and Baltimore city youth joined hands to cut a cake bedecked in a giant red ribbon celebrating the grand opening of the city’s first Flying Fruit Cafe. The cafe is part...

UMBC’s Yonathan Zohar, professor and chair of marine biotechnology, offers a glimpse into his groundbreaking work farming bluefin tuna in land-based aquaculture through a new, in-depth interview...

The latest issue of National Geographic Magazine features research by UMBC’s Tom Cronin, professor of biological sciences, on the photogenic and compelling mantis shrimp. Cronin studies the visual...

For our final Retriever Love Week 2016 post, we’d like to share a story told to us by Jen Dress, UMBC’s Assistant Director of Student Life. Jen works closely with students throughout their college...

Surprise, folks! We got so many responses to our call for your UMBC love stories that we’re extending Retriever Love Week 2016 EVEN FURTHER into the weekend. Feel all of the love! Stefanie...