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Cheyenne Smith B.A., Psychology; B.S., Biological Sciences Magna Cum Laude Hometown: Ellerslie, Maryland Plans: AmeriCorps Community Service Learning Fellow, The Choice Program at UMBC I...

Kevin Heffner M.A., Management of Aging Services Summa Cum Laude Hometown: Reisterstown, Maryland Plans: Continuing as Erickson School Director of External Relations The Erickson School’s...

Anthony Jankoski B.A., English Magna Cum Laude Hometown: Silver Spring, Maryland Plans: J.D., Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law My professors and faculty mentors have helped...

Alexis “Ally” Kocerhan B.A., Theatre; B.A., Gender and Women’s Studies Cum Laude Hometown: Pasadena, Maryland Plans: M.A. in Aesthetics & Politics at California Institute of the Arts...

UMBC faculty, students, alumni, and community partners gathered in the University Ballroom April 20, 2016 for “A Look Ahead XIX: Explorations in Transformative Research,” a day of research talks,...

More than 1,000 speakers representing 50 countries gathered in Baltimore for the TESOL 2016 International Convention from April 5-8, 2016. The gathering celebrated the 50th anniversary of the...

Teri Rueb, assistant professor of visual arts, is creating an interactive Baltimore City tour. “Teri Rueb: Listening to Baltimore” “If these walls could speak, what tales they could tell”...

Funding for individual artists is often scarce and always highly competitive, but the Baltimore-Washington region is fortunate to have both state and private organizations awarding funds directly...

Cybersecurity concerns continue to make headlines, including the recent attacks at MedStar Health and fraudulent tax returns being filed for Baltimore City employees. In response to this, many...

Where many see waste, UMBC’s Lee Blaney, assistant professor of chemical, biochemical and environmental engineering, sees opportunity. As Blaney explains in Chemical & Engineering News,...