UMBC News & Magazine Headlines

  Sari Bennett, director of geographic education, works with educators to strengthen the teaching of geography. “The Power of Geography”    For more than...

  Michael Summers, professor of chemistry/biochemistry, works closely with undergraduates in his Howard Hughes Medical Institute laboratory. “U.S. Presidential Award...

/a> “Probing Our Impact on the Environment”    A member of the physics faculty since 1984 and a 1974 UMBC graduate, Larrabee Strow is one of the chief...

J. Lynn Zimmerman has been named a UMBC Presidential Teaching Professor, is the recipient of the UMBC Student Activities Outstanding Advisor Award and a Regents� Faculty Award for Excellence in...

  Bea Bufrahi is a student in UMBC’s Imaging and Digital Arts Graduate Program. “The Art of Educational Outreach”   UMBC’s Fine Arts...

  David Dalrymple, 10, is one of a group of gifted young scholars at UMBC. “Gifted Young Students Find a Home at UMBC” Compared to their...

  Tracy Tucker ’00 is a special assistant to Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. “A Political Insider” History and political science...

  Manil Suri, a professor of mathematics, has received national and international acclaim for his first novel, The Death of Vishnu. “Death” Sparks a...

  English Department Chair Jim McKusick’s new anthology Literature and Nature: Four Centuries of Nature Writing, combines his passion for nature with his love of...

  UMBC student Andy Lufburrow, founder and CEO of Digimo, runs his company from UMBC’s Technology Center. “Growing a Company on Campus”  ...