UMBC News and Magazine Headlines

The challenges facing Baltimore City are significant – and have garnered international headlines. But listen to Tom Sadowski ’89, political science and public administration and policy, talk about...

At Homecoming 2015, more than 300 members of the UMBC community (with alumni in the majority) gathered to kick off a more-than-year-long commemoration of the university’s 50th anniversary with an...

Even in its earliest days, UMBC had a bookstore. At the university’s founding, the bookstore was the “go-to” place for the textbooks and course materials students needed to succeed. A university...

UMBC is lauded for its strength in undergraduate teaching and its ability to involve undergraduates in academic research across disciplines. But how was this culture created? Some of it was...

Clolita Vitale ’75, theatre, started her influential career at UMBC as a resident assistant. The UMBC journey of Clolita Vitale ’75, theatre, eventually took her to a top leadership position at...

Ernie Kent ’77, M.P.P. public policy, recently returned to campus to talk about her time as one the first group of 12 students enrolled in UMBC’s public policy master’s program – a group dubbed...

Kathy Sutphin As assistant dean for academic affairs in the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Kathy Sutphin ’95, political science, has had a key role in creating, implementing...

John Martello John Martello ’76, M.S. psychology, held a number of key positions during his lengthy and influential career at the university, including vice provost for the Division of...

John Haskell John Haskell was UMBC’s first employee, hired in 1964 to build what has become the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery. What follows are edited excerpts from a recent UMBC Magazine...

Jill Randles Assistant vice provost and assistant dean for undergraduate education Jill Randles manages the university’s programs to boost undergraduate student success – including an array of...