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AA-I Presents Check to Alumni Association

Alumni Association – International, a Maryland-based group created to support alumni relations programs within the University System of Maryland, presented a $4,000 check to the UMBC Alumni...

Posted: February 4, 2013, 2:16 PM

For All the World to Hear is NEH’s Featured Project

For All the World to Hear sponsor, the National Endowment for the Humanities, has selected the CADVC outreach program as its “Featured Project”. The NEH’s website describes the program, and...

Posted: February 1, 2013, 7:54 PM

Donor Q&A: Ira ’81 and Elizabeth Allen ’82

From time to time, we’ll interview donors who are making a difference at UMBC. Today, we’re talking with Ira Steven Allen ’81, biological sciences, and Elizabeth Ward Allen ’82, political science,...

Posted: February 1, 2013, 7:45 PM

Joan Shin and Jodi Crandall Publish Book Chapters

Joan Shin, clinical assistant professor of education,recently published a chapter in the 4th edition of “Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language.”   Jodi Crandall, professor emerita of...

Posted: February 1, 2013, 4:47 PM

“Duff” Goldman ’97, History, In Motor Trend

Turns out UMBC alumnus-turned-celebrity-chef Jeffrey “Duff” Goldman ’97, history, is not just a stellar cake baker, but also an auto enthusiast. In an interview with MotorTrend.com, the “Ace of...

Posted: February 1, 2013, 3:11 PM

“The City of Devi” Reviewed in the Washington Post

On January 29, the Washington Post praised “The City of Devi” by Manil Suri, professor of mathematics, in a review by Ron Charles. Proclaiming it “the best sex comedy of the year about nuclear...

Posted: January 31, 2013, 7:38 PM

Manil Suri, Mathematics, in Baltimore Magazine

Baltimore magazine reviewed Manil Suri’s latest book, The City of Devi, in the February 2013 issue.  Calling the book “a preculiar love story that’s both tawdry and hopeful,” the magazine says...

Posted: January 30, 2013, 8:47 PM

Black and Gold? Try Green and Gold

Black and Gold? Try Green and Gold Spend a few minutes in Patapsco Hall’s recently-completed addition, and you won’t have to be told it received one of the world’s top certifications for...

Posted: January 30, 2013, 5:00 AM