UMBC News & Magazine Headlines

LEAD DAWG UMBC Athletics has a new head Retriever. Tim Hall was named director of athletics, physical education and recreation and arrived at the university in early July. He comes to UMBC from...

In “Why the 2014 Election Matters for Voting Rights,” the online magazine Facing South delves into analysis by UMBC’s Tyson King-Meadows on last week’s CBC Annual Legislative Conference panel...

Throughout the week, with a possible government shutdown looming, UMBC political science professor Roy T. Meyers has provided analysis for media from the Washington Post to USA Today on the costs...

Language, Literacy and Cultural (LLC) doctoral candidate John Fritz has been named editor of the “reflective practitioner” section of the new Journal of Learning Analytics published by the Society...

As the nation again faces the risk of a government shutdown, media have been turning to political science professor Roy Meyers’ research on past shutdowns to understand what is at stake. In...

The Nassau County Legislature unanimously approved a $229 million bid by Forest City Ratner to restore and update the Nassau Coliseum on Monday. Naussau County voters turned down a plan to borrow...

I ride UMBC Transit to work every day.Yes, I’m likely helping reduce UMBC’s carbon footprint by doing so. But what I have found over the five years that I’ve been a rider is that the feeling of...

Pushing the university to meet its climate goals is a grassroots effort by students, faculty and staff. A Greener UMBC? by Richard Byrne Passing the Sniff Test by Laura Lefavor ’13 Zip and...

UMBC scholars and artists are laying the foundation for a more sustainable world right here at home. Finding a Green Future by Richard Byrne and Joel N. Shurkin Earth Tones by Jenny O’Grady...

Postcard from Pyongyang – Brian Souders ’09, Ph.D. language, literacy and culture In Good Company – Isaac Kinde ’05, biological sciences Ninja Star – Adam Grossman ’06, environmental science,...