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A Commitment to Community Service Providing undergraduate and graduate students with community service experiences is a vital part of UMBC’s culture. The University has recently been named...

An Advocate for Students On Friday, July 11, UMBC junior Joshua Michael was sworn in as the University System of Maryland’s (USM) student regent. Michael, who is studying political...

Protecting Privacy, Preventing Terror What do your credit history, medical records and Flickr photo streams have in common with the 9-11 Commission? A new, six-campus research effort,...

Becoming Agents of Change The first graduating class of Gender and Women’s Studies majors has gained critical skills and leadership experience essential to the 21st century. “Our program...

First Class Graduates from Unique Media and Communication Studies Program As communication becomes increasingly digital, interactive and pervasive, knowledge of new media technology is...

Meyerhoff Scholar Receives Goldwater Scholarship Meyerhoff Scholar Carla Valenzuela, a sophomore with a 4.0 GPA, is one of 321 students receiving 2008 Goldwater Scholarships, considered...

Filming the “Plight of the Puffins” Puffins: the flighted, more stylish-looking cousins of the penguin. To the island nation of Iceland, they are as culturally significant as blue crabs are to...

Putting Student Research Center Stage • Watch the IRC Fellows’ award winning video UMBC’s Visual Arts Imaging Research Center (IRC) Fellows recently won an animation competition...

Men’s Lacrosse to Dance Again The UMBC men’s lacrosse team completed a miraculous comeback and edged Albany, 14-13, to capture the 2008 America East Conference championship. UMBC posted its...

Men’s Lacrosse Advances to Shot at America East Championship, NCAA Bid Junior attackman Ryan Smith scored 53 seconds into overtime as top-seeded UMBC (ranked 7th nationally in the April 28...