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NODA, the Association for Orientation, Transition, and Retention in Higher Education, recently held their annual conference in Orlando, FL. UMBC, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and...

In advance of the UMBC public policy program 40th anniversary celebration, Donald Norris, professor and chair of the department, wrote an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun in which he defended the value...

Photo Courtesy National Academy of Public Administration Earlier this month at the National Academy of Public Administration annual meeting, Political Science Professor Roy Meyers was inducted as...

English Writer in Residence Lia Purpura is featured in the November 24 edition of The New Yorker. The magazine published her poem “Study with Melon.” You can read the poem in The New Yorker by...

UMBC professors Bill Shewbridge (Media and Communication Studies) and Michelle Stefano (American Studies) are screening their film Mill Stories at the Society for Visual Anthropology (SVA) film...

How Sweet It Is! The UMBC men�s soccer squad vanquishes No. 4 College Park in NCAA Tournament UMBC fans who made the trek down to College Park saw history on Sunday night when the Retrievers...

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! Former UMBC professor and alumna Anita...

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...

Cassie Bichy, Learning Resources Center, and Eileen O’Brien, psychology, co-wrote an article, “Course redesign: Developing Peer mentors to Facilitate Student Learning.” The article appears in the...

Tim Gindling, economics, was interviewed for the World Bank Development and Employment blog about his work on self-employment in the developing world. Gindling joined Gary Fields from Cornell...