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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...

We warmly encourage faculty and staff to participate in UMBC’s winter 2013 Commencement Ceremonies. As you know, these events mean a great deal to our students and their parents and guests. I hope...

Susan Hoban made the, National, in a story about a science fair in the UAE. Dr Susan Hoban, associate professor of physics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, introduced students...

With no agreement in sight on a long-term budget deal with a budget conference committee self-assigned deadline coming up next month, some political experts say another U.S. Government shutdown in...

Manil Suri was featured in a “Math and Fashion” episode on the Scholastic website. This is their first episode with the specific aim of popularizing mathematics among school kids by tying it to...

Manil Suri was featured in a “Math and Fashion” episode on the Scholastic website. This is their first episode with the specific aim of popularizing mathematics amongst school kids by tying it to...

Challenges facing adjunct professors were among topics of discussion on the  “Marc Steiner Show” on Wednesday, November 13.  Kimberly Moffitt, assistant professor of American Studies, joined other...

In the latest essay for his Race Stories column for the New York Times, Maurice Berger, CADVC, discusses Civil Rights Photographer Jon Lewis’ pictures of farm workers outside of the Jim Crow...

Tokyo recently won the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, and the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia is just a few months away. As the Olympics have made headlines in...

On October 18-20, UMBC hosted the third annual Baltimore GiveCamp, which was organized by Douglas McCaw ‘99, information systems. During this weekend-long hack-a-thon, more than 230 software...