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Dear UMBC Community, As the year comes to a close, I would like to share my best wishes for a joyful winter break for you and your loved ones. Throughout the seasons, I appreciate everything...

Foad Hamidi (Image credit: Research Graphics at UMBC) Foad Hamidi, an assistant professor in the Department of Information Systems, has won funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF)...

UMBC’s national rankings in federal research funding are on the rise based on the NSF’s latest Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey results, which includes the university being...

On July 11th, the Regional English Language Office at the U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa hosted an American student panel inside the embassy’s Satchmo Center. Led by American students Ophelia Murray,...

Elections can tell us the number of people who voted for a candidate or ballot initiative, but not how those voters made up their minds. To understand voting behavior, experts turn to exit...

UMBC is approaching 30 years of collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a partnership that largely culminates under the university’s three major cooperative...

Mohamed Younis, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, has been honored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)...

Recent data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) highlights the exceptional career readiness of UMBC graduates. “UMBC continues to surpass national career outcome rates...

Meet Chris Serafin, electric trades supervisor in UMBC’s Facilities Management (FM). Serafin has been at UMBC for 9 years and was recently awarded a USM Board of Regents’ Staff Award for his...

Collin Sullivan ’19, information systems and economics, M.P.P. ’21, is the program director for digital credential innovation in the Division of Professional Studies. While he started as a student...