UMBC News and Magazine Headlines

UMBC swimming and diving standout Emily Escobedo ’17, psychology, won bronze in the 200m breaststroke at the NCAA finals on Saturday, becoming the first Retriever to earn All-American status in...

Earlier this month, a report was released by the West Baltimore Community Commission on Police Misconduct and The No Boundaries Coalition based off of a quantitative study of 1,500...

Congressman Elijah Cummings visited UMBC this month to speak with faculty, staff, and students from across the university about UMBC’s national leadership as a research university and commitment...

Chris Swan, a professor of geography and environmental systems, appeared on The Marc Steiner Show on March 3 to discuss the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), a major research initiative to...

A new UMBC scholars program is inviting students from all majors to work together on pressing challenges facing society, from sustainability to health and security issues. UMBC’s Grand...

Robert L. Caret, Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, has appointed UMBC alumnus J. Thomas Sadowski as the system’s vice chancellor for economic development. Sadowski ’89, political...

The UMBC women’s basketball team won their first postseason game on Thursday, March 17, after defeating Fairfield 61-49 in round one of the Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI) Tournament. UMBC...

The UMBC women’s basketball team will head to a postseason tournament for the third time in program history, competing in the Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI) Tournament. UMBC, the No. 3...

U.S. News highlights UMBC’s Meyerhoff Scholars Program in a new feature article on highly successful national models for engaging and supporting black students in science, technology, engineering...

As we send this year’s group of Alternative Spring Breakers off on their service learning trips, we thought we’d take the time to spotlight one of the wonderful people who donated to ASB.  Kirsten...