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Mark Marten, professor and chair of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering, is collaborating with researchers at the University of Connecticut and the University of Manitoba to study...

By Keisha McIntosh Allen, assistant professor, Education, UMBC, and Kindel Turner Nash, associate professor, Early Childhood Education, UMBC Keisha Allen and Kindel Nash research how kids...

UMBC has again been named one of the top U.S. universities in this year’s newly-released Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education (THE) College Ranking. The ranking describes itself as “designed...

By Jeffrey B. Halverson, professor, Geography and Environmental Systems, associate dean, Graduate School, UMBC If you are one of the millions of people in the Midwest and Eastern U.S. who...

The Baltimore Sun is celebrating UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski as a 2020 Business and Civic Hall of Fame honoree. A special feature in The Sun highlights important moments in Hrabowski’s life...

For the 11th year in a row, UMBC has been recognized as a 2020 Great College to Work For. UMBC is the only university in Maryland represented on this year’s list.  According to survey results...

A team of researchers led by Charissa Cheah, professor of psychology at UMBC, has found that a high percentage of Chinese American parents and children have witnessed and experienced an increase...

UMBC’s reputation for academic excellence and welcoming community has encouraged students to remain focused on progressing toward their degrees in a time of significant global challenges and...

The 2021 U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges rankings affirm that UMBC remains one of the top universities in the nation, with a uniquely distinguished profile.  UMBC has advanced to #11...

It’s a mere hour after sunrise, and Wajhee Zaidi, a student at Howard Community College (HCC), is out in his neighborhood, looking for birds, insects, and whatever other critters he can spot....