From UMBC News and Magazine
Discovery – Spring 2015
Develop and Displace Photo by Darrow Montgomery It’s rare that an author’s first book is hailed as a “trailblazing piece of scholarship.” Yet Rumor, Repression, and Racial Politics: How the...
Posted: April 22, 2015, 7:11 PM
Book Smart – Joseph Howley ’06
“Roman poets were a lot like rappers,” observes Joseph Howley ’06, ancient studies, who is an assistant professor of classics at Columbia University. It’s the kind of observation – presented as an...
Posted: April 22, 2015, 7:09 PM
Beyond Watson
Computers can crunch mind-boggling arrays of data. They can even win quiz shows. But are there more powerful applications of this analytical power yet to come? Claudia Pearce ’89 M.S., ’94 Ph.D.,...
Posted: April 22, 2015, 7:08 PM
Back Story – Spring 2015
The magical run to the NCAA Final Four by the UMBC’s men’s soccer team this past fall got two of our alumni – Brian Hodges ’07 and ’10, M.A., who played varsity basketball, and Miguel Calderon...
Posted: April 22, 2015, 7:05 PM
At Play – Spring 2015
Road Warriors The entire UMBC campus – and a Retriever Nation of alumni and fans – was excited by the men’s soccer team’s splendid run to the Final Four of college soccer. The team startled...
Posted: April 22, 2015, 7:04 PM
The Sum of the Parts
By Andrew Myers From the Apple Watch to Fitbit, the rage in technology these days is all about wearable, touchable devices. Tech gurus and cutting-edge engineers talk of a day when all the many...
Posted: April 22, 2015, 7:01 PM
Rights and Wrongs
Tyson King-Meadows has forged a career examining the implementation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act – and helping a new generation of political scientists emerge from UMBC. By David Glenn Signing...
Posted: April 22, 2015, 6:58 PM
Renetta Tull, Graduate School, Interviewed on Global Webcast
Renetta Tull, associate vice provost for graduate education and postdoctoral affairs, was interviewed as part of a global webcast featuring women in data. The webcast was hosted by O’Reilly Media,...
Posted: April 21, 2015, 8:17 PM
Alums in the News: Mozie-Ross, Barbosa, and Roberts
Here at UMBC, we take pride in what our alums accomplish after graduation. Take a moment to see which Retrievers have been on the move and making news! Dr. Mozie-Ross ’88 with UMBC students....
Posted: April 21, 2015, 3:13 PM
Constellation Awards E2 Energy to Educate Grant to UMBC’s Information Systems Department
For the second year in a row, UMBC has been awarded an E2 Energy to Educate grant from Constellation. E2 Energy to Educate grants support learning-focused, team-oriented projects that yield...
Posted: April 21, 2015, 2:12 PM
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