UMBC News & Magazine Headlines

Applying Life Lessons Troy Grant, a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Language, Literacy and Culture, knows that years of research are ahead as he explores how to make education...

A Scholar of Great Gravity Senior physics major Philip Graff will follow the path of science greats Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking to Cambridge University as the second UMBC student in the...

Leading the Field of Aging Services The Wall Street Journal on February 16 featured 12 innovators and entrepreneurs in the field of aging services who are having “the biggest impact on the...

Swimming and Diving Sweep America East Championships The UMBC men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams became the first in the history of the conference to win back-to-back dual...

Alumni, Families Invited to “Pack the RAC” Sunday The American East Conference-leading UMBC men’s basketball team needs the support of alumni, faculty, staff and students this weekend during...

Faculty Recognized for Research UMBC’s science, technology and engineering community ended 2007 on a prestigious note as five faculty members were named as fellows or board members of...

Each year, the UMBC Alumni Association presents awards to honor alumni for their professional and personal achievements and service to the University.   Learn more about our past award winners....

A Formula for Success He’s a celebrated novelist whose second novel, The Age of Shiva (W.W. Norton & Company), will be released in February. But he’s also a mathematics professor who...

Alumni Honored for Their Achievements The UMBC Alumni Association will present awards to six distinguished alumni who are leaders in their fields at the 2008 Outstanding Alumni Awards...

UMBC Peaceworker Alumni Remain Engaged in Baltimore Communities While nearly 85 percent of UMBC’s Shriver Peaceworker Fellows originally come from outside the Baltimore region, 60...