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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has extended the appointment of UMBC public policy and economics professor Tim Brennan as chief economist through December 31, 2014. Dr. Brennan’s...

Name: Nicole Smith ’10, modern languages and linguistics (German concentration) Employer: Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery at UMBC Alumni leadership role: Secretary/Historian for the Chapter...

The Office of Institutional Advancement at UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County) is seeking a part-time, contractual Events Assistant to support the advancement activities of the...

Gov. O’Malley meets with GSIP students after their presentations. Another successful summer for the Shriver Center’s Governor’s Summer Internship Program (GSIP) came to a close with a celebration...

In its Summer 2014 retirement guide, Baltimore Magazine published an article exploring what modern retirement means to the “baby boom” generation. Erickson School Dean Judah Ronch was quoted...

Can just talking and reading about bedbugs make you feel itchy? That’s a question New York Magazine set out to find the answer to in a recent post on its “Science of Us” blog. The author asked...

In his latest column in The Baltimore Sun titled, “The GOP chamber puzzle,” Political Science Professor Thomas Schaller writes about how the Republican party holding a majority in the U.S. House...

Public Policy Professor and Chair Donald Norris was recently quoted in The Baltimore Sun about the Maryland governor’s race and Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein’s announcement that he is leaving his post...

One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll...

There isn’t an NCAA in Estonia. No college recruiters or flashy promoters. So back in 2011, rising UMBC senior Lauri Käi had to get onto the radar of UMBC men’s and women’s swimming and diving...