From UMBC News and Magazine
Grad student Liz Winters ’13 featured on Maryland Public Television’s Ways to Pay for College program
A recent program produced by Maryland Public Television about college affordability featured UMBC student Liz Winters ’13, psychology, and current master’s student in industrial and organizational...
Posted: November 25, 2015, 3:14 PM
Constantine Vaporis presents research at University of Pennsylvania Center for Integrated Study of Japan inauguration
In conjunction with the inauguration of University of Pennsylvania’s new Center for the Integrated Study of Japan, Constantine Vaporis presented an invited talk that focused on his research about...
Posted: November 25, 2015, 2:18 PM
Hassan Omar becomes UMBC’s first cross country All-American
UMBC’S Hassan Omar ’16, mechanical engineering, concluded a phenomenal cross country career with the Retrievers by finishing 27th at the NCAA Championships on Saturday, November 21. Omar is an...
Posted: November 24, 2015, 4:12 PM
F. Chris Curran writes Baltimore Sun op-ed about educational opportunity in Baltimore City
Following up on the recent release of several education assessments for the state of Maryland, F. Chris Curran, an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, wrote a Baltimore Sun op-ed...
Posted: November 23, 2015, 9:42 PM
Marjoleine Kars reveals the untold story of the Atlantic Slave Rebellion in the Dutch Caribbean
Note: This story was updated on March 22, 2016. From 1763-1764, nearly 5,000 enslaved people in the Dutch colony of Berbice in South America rebelled. In studying the history of the rebellion...
Posted: November 23, 2015, 4:46 PM
UMBC researchers raise Atlantic bluefin tuna on land for first time in North America
A team of UMBC researchers has made history by successfully raising Atlantic bluefin tuna from eggs to juvenile stage in a recirculating, land-based mariculture system for the first time in North...
Posted: November 21, 2015, 2:52 AM
Lisa Gray in WYPR conversation on race, activism, and free speech in learning communities
Lisa Gray In a radio appearance and in remarks to a newspaper, Lisa Gray, assistant director of student life for cultural and spiritual diversity, offered a vision for how college students can...
Posted: November 20, 2015, 8:30 PM
Yoni Zohar says FDA approval of genetically engineered salmon could have environmental benefits
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first genetically modified animal for sale as food: AquaAdvantage salmon,. The FDA determined that the salmon is not biologically...
Posted: November 20, 2015, 7:13 PM
Pres. Hrabowski reflects on how Civil Rights movement inspired his career in education
When Freeman Hrabowski was 12 years old, he marched for civil rights in his hometown of Birmingham, Ala., part of the legendary Children’s Crusade of 1963. It was an early lesson in the way a...
Posted: November 19, 2015, 9:53 PM
Roundup: UMBC in the News
One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll...
Posted: November 19, 2015, 7:39 PM
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