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Train a Dog to Perform Search and Rescue Lisa Kakavas ’94, psychology, spends her days working as textbook manager in the UMBC Bookstore. At night and on weekends, however, you’ll find her out...

UMBC alumni work to preserve and present history for broad audiences in Maryland and beyond. By Max Cole UMBC’s history department is the only one in Maryland that offers a graduate track in...

Rubin Rakovsky was an in-house auditor for a multinational accounting firm, but wasn’t happy with his job. “I was just a number there,” he says. “I wanted to feel like I was part of something.”...

UMBC Athletics Director Tim Hall Lays Out His Program for the Future of Retriever Fever Interview by Richard Byrne ’86 When Tim Hall was appointed director of athletics, physical education and...

INSPIRED CHOICE Julia M. Ross’ path to becoming the new dean of UMBC’s College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) was paved by numerous achievements as a scholar and an academic...

UMBC’s growing status as a hub for cybersecurity was highlighted in October by the university’s central role in an award by the U.S. Department of Commerce – National Institute of Standards and...

OUTRACING STEREOTYPES Amanda Knapp, assistant vice provost for academic standards and policy administration, is revved up about higher education. But she’s also making tracks – and noise – as a...

The Thanksgiving leftovers have dwindled away and many of us have put a significant dent in our holiday shopping lists, having bustled through Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber...

Dr. William Riley presents the keynote address. Photo by Marlayna Demond. On Friday, November 21, UMBC hosted its inaugural Research Forum, the first event in a new, semi-annual series to bring...

This fall marks a historic year for the UMBC men’s soccer team as they advance to the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament. After winning their third America East title, the Retrievers defeated Wake...