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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! Earlier this week, Julian E. Jones, Jr....

Richard Forno was interviewed by the Associated Press about cyber attacks on the rise in Utah. “Utah state officials have seen what they describe as a sharp uptick in attempts to hack into...

Richard Forno, assistant director for UMBC’s Center for Cybersecurity, made an appearance on All Sides With Ann Fisher, a public radio program broadcast out of Columbus, Ohio to discuss...

Editor’s Note: The UMBC Alumni Association has partnered a several organizations to offer you special perks and benefits. This month, we wanted to share this announcement from our partner...

As many states across the country have dealt with significant snowfall over the last two months, school districts have been forced to shut down for several days. School of Public Policy professor...

In the wake of Brian Williams’ six-month suspension from NBC News, Rebecca Adelman offered a fresh perspective on the story and argued that Williams’ actions were more complex than their first...

Renato “Renny” DiPentima, Ph.D. ’84,  policy sciences, had a distinguished career in the Social Security Administration, where he rose to the rank of deputy commissioner and served on numerous...

Tanguy Ringoir ’18 financial economics, recently won the Grandmaster Norm Invitational held at the Chinggis Chess Club, Burlingame, Calif. The Grandmaster (GM) title is the highest title a chess...

Hilltop Senior Research Analyst Michael T. Abrams, MPH, and Policy Analyst Carl H. Mueller, MS, are co-authors of a new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics titled “Transcranial Doppler...

In the quest to make a better battery Evgenia Barannikova, a graduate student at UMBC in the department of chemistry and biochemistry, has isolated a peptide, a small sequence of amino acids,...