UMBC News and Magazine Headlines

The opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing lasted several hours, showcased thousands of performers, and featured an elaborate fireworks ceremony, wowing the many spectators who...

Washington D.C.’s presidential primary on June 14 marked the 60th anniversary of the District’s first-ever presidential primary. George Derek Musgrove ’97, history, associate professor of history,...

Chris D. Geddes, professor of chemistry and biochemistry and director of UMBC’s Institute of Fluorescence, is no stranger to entrepreneurship. He has numerous patents and commercialized products...

The bwtech@UMBC Research & Technology Park is home to more than a third of all finalists for the 2016 Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Awards (ICOY). These eight (of 22) ICOY finalists...

Each year, Community Law in Action (CLIA), an organization dedicated to cultivating the leadership skills of Baltimore youth, honors a select group of individuals who create positive social change...

UMBC Professor Yonathan Zohar, chair of marine biotechnology, is featured in a new issue of The Economist focused on the future or agricultural technologies. Zohar’s research seeks to...

Nearly 30 home visiting health professionals from across Maryland are now better equipped to address the multidimensional needs of the families they serve as part of the state’s home visiting...

Robert Meyerhoff was one of 11 preeminent leaders inducted into the inaugural class of The Baltimore Sun’s Business and Civic Hall of Fame at a special event held in downtown Baltimore on June 9....

Tax season can be a stressful time for just about everyone. But a group of UMBC students and staff members worked tirelessly for six Saturdays during the spring semester to ensure that 106...

NASA has renewed its support for the Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute (GPHI), granting permission for a maximum of $20 million to be spent over the next five years. The institute is a...