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Chuck Bieberich, professor of biological sciences, has been named The Herbert Bearman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship for 2016-2019. The Herbert Bearman Foundation Chair recognizes and...

When UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski spoke at Duke University on February 23, 2016, about supporting minority students in STEM fields, he began by asking UMBC alumni in the audience to stand. A...

Note: This story has been updated from the original February 3 version. UMBC Mock Trial has earned its second consecutive bid to the American Mock Trial Association’s Opening Round Championships...

With Maryland’s primary just two months away, UMBC faculty are being turned to as experts and analysts for elections across the state. Donald Norris School of Public Policy Director Donald...

The economy has been a prominent issue during the presidential campaign with a range of ideas for how to spur growth and development across the country. In a new article published in The...

After an intensive semester-long research project, students in Lindsay DiCuirci’s seminar on women and periodicals created a digital exhibition about what life was like for women working in...

[wpvideo aHnk3EIN] On a typical Saturday, in the wee hours of the morning — we’re talking two or three a.m. — Nikhil Yesupriya ’13, biological sciences, Steve Chu ’12, economics, and Ephrem...

The UMBC’s Cyberdawgs have emerged victorious from the finals of the 2015 Maryland Cyber Challenge (MCC), winning the top prize for a student team with a total of 18,979 points and outscoring the...

For the second year in a row, both the UMBC men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams have earned conference championship titles, setting dozens of school and league records on their paths to...

Kafui Dzirasa ‘01, chemical engineering, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). He will be presented with the award...