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Meeting the men’s basketball team. UMBC welcomed back dozens of retired faculty and staff this month as part of the launch of the new Wisdom Institute, an initiative aimed at encouraging ongoing...

UMBC Racing will host the 2018 Baja SAE Maryland competition, where engineering students test the limits of single-seat, all-terrain vehicles they have spent the year designing and building. The...

Aminata Jalloh ’10, American studies, recently published her first children’s book titled The Biggest Little Brother, a story about the complexities of sibling relationships and immigrant...

“How can Baltimore neighborhoods renew themselves without forcing out local residents or homogenizing diverse populations?” Community-engaged researchers from UMBC, Morgan State University, and...

UMBC is again celebrating major national recognition for talented student researchers with the announcement that Linda Wiratan ’19, biochemistry and molecular biology, has been named a 2018 – 2019...

When Stephanie Milani ‘19, computer science and psychology, attended an all-girls robotics camp as a middle school student she realized that she found computer science truly fascinating. It was...

New science faculty come to UMBC as experts in their fields, often with a decade of research experience. What may be less familiar is how to manage a large laboratory, from the ground up. How do...

Eudorah Vital B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Summa Cum Laude Hometown: Silver Spring, Maryland Plans: M.D./Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine UMBC prepares its students to...

Kara Seidel B.A., Psychology Minor: American Studies Summa Cum Laude Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland Plans: Family trauma researcher One of the best things about UMBC is how supportive...

Naomi Mburu B.S., Chemical Engineering Summa Cum Laude Hometown: Ellicott City, Maryland Plans: Ph.D., University of Oxford As a scientist interested in cross-disciplinary research, UMBC...