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Renetta Tull, UMBC’s associate vice provost for strategic initiatives, and professor of practice in College of Engineering and Information Technology, is known worldwide for her leadership in...

A degree from UMBC can take you anywhere — even a galaxy far, far away. Kimberly Patrick ’08, recipient of UMBC’s 2019 Outstanding Alumni of the Year award for Visual and Performing Arts, has a...

Whether she’s in Jordan or Baltimore, UMBC’s Maheen Haq brings a deep sense of duty to her work with communities facing discrimination. Now, Haq ‘20, global studies and economics, a Sondheim...

By Matthew Fagan, UMBC; Leighton Reid, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Margaret Buck Holland, UMBC Tropical forests globally are being lost at a rate of 61,000 square miles a year. And...

Fan support has been invaluable throughout the season. Here, Retriever Nation gathers at the UMBC Event Center to cheer on the team during their America East championship bid. This season has...

A delegation of UMBC Africana studies students recently joined teams from three continents for the 17th annual International Model African Union (MAU) Conference in Washington D.C., hosted by...

Q: What’s the real story behind True Grit? Why was a Chesapeake Bay Retriever chosen as the school’s mascot? —Zozscha Bomhardt ’93 Campus Sam was UMBC’s very first live mascot. A contest during...

Good luck, Retrievers! UMBC men’s basketball is officially heading to the America East championship final to defend our title. The Retrievers take on the Vermont Catamounts this Saturday, March...

Frances Carter-Johnson, M.S. ’07, applied physics, and Ph.D. ’11, public policy, is used to getting questions about why she jumped from physics to public policy and explaining how, in her career...

Maryland Historical Society to launch year-long display of quilts by Mimi Dietrich ’70, American studies When Mimi Dietrich sews, the corners of her mouth form a soft, confident smile as she...