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In 1987, Paul Flinton, then a 23-year-old senior studying at UMBC, decided to make a short documentary focused on the tollbooth workers on the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The six-minute...

Planetary scientist Mehdi Benna of UMBC’s Center for Space Sciences and Technology, along with a team of collaborators, recently released a video recounting the launch of NASA’s Dissipation...

The Office of Institutional Advancement is saddened to share the news that Sheldon Caplis, former vice president for Institutional Advancement and UMBC emeritus staff member, passed away on...

From its outset, UMBC’s STEM BUILD—a 10-year undergraduate success initiative and research study at UMBC funded by the National Institutes of Health—has had a unique vision: To emphasize the...

Dear UMBC Community, Please join us in congratulating Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Janet Rutledge, who has informed us of her intention to retire, effective June 30. Janet...

Written by Christopher K. Tong, associate professor of Asian studies at UMBC Every year ahead of the June 4 commemoration of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Chinese government tightens...

MeetMichelle Jabes Corpora’03, English and theatre. Michelle is the author of nine novels, an editor for commercial fiction, and an avid student of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She came to UMBC as a...

Written by Farah Nibbs, assistant professor of emergency and disaster health systems at UMBC The Caribbean’s sandy beaches, clear turquoise water and vibrant coral reefs filled with an...

Push, pull, push, pull. On goes this routine of synchronized oar movements as rowers—nestled in long, tapered boats—move through the water with precision and speed. The trim boats glide through...

Time—We buy it and spend it, save it and waste it; it seems to race by as we watch our children grow or drag on in the last hour of a Friday work day. Shakespeare marked “time’s thievish progress”...