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Meet Troy Suesse ’92, computer science. Troy was born the day that man first set foot on the moon’s surface—July 20, 1969—one small step for man, and one giant glimpse into Troy’s future. His...

Dear Campus Community, I am writing with an important update regarding the U.S. Department of State’s temporary visa interview pause for students and scholars in the F, J, and M categories that...

How can we make the world a better place? It’s a question that Nathaniel Glover ’25, chemical engineering, Jacob Lombardo ‘25, mechanical engineering, and August Phelps ’25, mechanical...

Center supports transformational education in the Baltimore community Michael Sarbanes, a leading voice in educational transformation, has been appointed the inaugural executive director...

Ayra Sangi, an Asian studies senior, has received the 2025 Freeman-ASIA Award. The semester-long education abroad award funds U.S.-based undergraduates up to $5,000 to study abroad in East or...

Written by James Foulds, associate professor of information systems, UMBC; Phil Feldman, adjunct research assistant professor of information systems, UMBC; and Shimei Pan, associate professor of...

Growing up in Bronx, New York, almost a century ago, Bernard “Bernie” L. Berkowitz, a first-generation son of Hungarian immigrants, may not have realized then that his life would take him beyond...

John Rennie Short, professor emeritus of public policy, UMBC The South China Sea has long been a bubbling geopolitical hot spot. Recently, a series of moves by the various nations claiming a...

From June 5 – 8, UMBC hosted leading scientific researchers for a series of meetings on the science of the brain—often said to be the least understood organ in the human body. The proceedings...

Anupam Joshi, Ph.D., has been named vice provost and chief AI officer for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) beginning July 1. Joshi brings almost three decades of experience at...