UMBC News & Magazine Headlines

Closing the IT Gender Gap Every college diploma represents the culmination of years of hard work and sacrifice by students and their families. But for the seven young women who were the first...

Mentoring the Next Generation of Journalists “There are some very bright students at UMBC – our best could compete anywhere.” Christopher Corbett, who recently became acting chair of the...

Pedaling for a Cause The summer’s rainstorms and blazing heat will not deter junior Mauria Uhlik and senior Peter Cailloux from climbing on their bikes for 4,000-mile cross-country journeys...

Serious Students, Ancient Drama While UMBC celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, a diverse group of talented students is doing its best to turn the clock back 2,500 years this weekend....

Men’s Lacrosse Wins America East Title The UMBC men’s lacrosse program achieved what most lacrosse observers believed was impossible at the beginning of the 2006 season. They went through...

UMBC Students, Alumna Receive Fulbrights Three UMBC students and an alumna have received international recognition as Fulbright Scholars for their exceptional research and academic...

Celebrating Undergraduate & Graduate Research   From opera to organic chemistry, this week puts UMBC’s core commitment to student research and creative activity on center...

Two UMBC Students Named 2006 Goldwater Scholars   Two UMBC students are among the 323 sophomores and juniors who have been named 2006 Goldwater Scholars. The prestigious...

Education, Exposure, Experience   While entrepreneurship may sound like a concept only studied in business school, at UMBC it is an important part of the university’s mission....

Living Learning Communities Create Rewarding Connections   When Tony Harris, a sophomore transfer student from Hofstra University, and Amanda Schwenk, a freshman computer science...