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Into Orbit A tiny satellite is a big new step in Earth science research at UMBC. It may only be the size of a tall coffee mug, but the launch of Qubscout-S1 on November 21 at 2:10 a.m....

Net Gains Looking Back On a Phenomenal Year for UMBC Soccer An amazing season for both UMBC soccer squads finally came to a close in below-freezing temperatures at Retriever Soccer Park on...

“Are we creating a world where atrocities can be committed at the push of a button, and then immediately forgotten?,” asks City Paper’s H. Dean Freeman in response to the exhibition currently on...

With the upcoming release of their second CD, we decided to catch up with two alumni members of UMBC’s Down and Dirty Dawg Band (DDDB) (Matt Basch ’08, information systems and ’10 M.S.,...

On Saturday, November 16, the UMBC men’s soccer team made the Retriever family proud as they clinched the America East Championship with a 4-0 win over third-seeded Hartford. The team is unbeaten...

NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament UMBC faces off against winner of Quinnipiac v. Connecticut Sunday, November 24, 5 p.m., Retriever Soccer Park Tickets on sale: http://bit.ly/UMBCNCAA Get your...

English professor Jessica Berman recently presented a guest lecture at the Maharani’s Arts and Commerce College for Women, the University of Mysore, India. English professor Jessica Berman...

James P. Clements, ’85 computer science and ’91 M.S. and ’93 Ph.D., operations analysis, was recently selected to be Clemson University’s 15th president. Clements currently serves as president of...

Gus Russo ’72, political science, traces the lesser-known tales of the Kennedy assassination in a new NBC documentary airing on Novemeber 22. Ask Russo where he was on November 22, 1963, and he...

West Virginia University president James Clements will become the university’s next leader beginning January 2014 after outgoing President Jim Barker steps down. Clements earned a B.S. degree in...