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Intensive Advocacy White House commission summit at UMBC promotes academic success for at-risk youth, highlighting The Choice Program. For college senior Imhotep Simba, helping youth find...

Partners in Leadership UMBC named first university in Maryland to host a Naval ROTC unit. Beginning April 1, students passionate about serving as commissioned officers in the Navy and Marine...

Path to Power Professor Thomas Schaller makes sense of institutional shifts in modern American politics in The Stronghold. The Republican Party has lost four of the last six U.S. presidential...

Honoring Excellence UMBC community celebrates ten distinguished faculty and staff members at annual awards ceremony. The campus community celebrated the exceptional performance, leadership,...

Progress through Partnership UMBC hosts a conversation with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Note: This story was posted prior to the 2/18 campus event. A recap of the event, including...

The Science of Attraction Biologist Tamra Mendelson explains how sexual selection plays a major role in the evolution of vibrant features, from stripes to tail feathers. Male cardinals are...

Thinking Out Loud URCAD 2015 celebrates undergraduate student experiences in research and creative achievement. As a transfer student from Montgomery College, Trevor Blank ’05, American...

Tiny Tools, Big Results Chemist Ryan White works to transform research on how brain cells communicate with each other. In his chemistry lab at UMBC, assistant professor Ryan White peers...

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...

President Hrabowski recently visited Andrea Mitchell Reports, The Marc Steiner Show, and The Root to discuss his new book, Holding Fast To Dreams: Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to...