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Web Extras – Summer 2014

Check out some great web extras to accompany stories in our Summer 2014 issue, including interviews, videos and more… Lego Legend – Want to see more of Jason Burik ’00, psychology’s work with...

Posted: July 3, 2014, 6:02 PM

Windfall Prophets

UMBC is at the center of Maryland’s growing  efforts to harness the energy of the wind. By Joel N. Shurkin Illustrations by Joanna Barnum Ocean City is the Maryland destination most...

Posted: July 3, 2014, 4:57 PM

Solitary Refinement

UMBC alumnus Ben Marcin ’80 traveled the world with his camera. But he has found acclaim investigating the often bitter poetry, beauty and truth in local landscapes. The photographs of Ben...

Posted: July 3, 2014, 4:56 PM

Expanding the Map

Joan Kang Shin’s approach to teaching English as a foreign language embraces children and community on a global scale. By David Glenn Imagine that you’re an experienced high school teacher in...

Posted: July 3, 2014, 4:49 PM

Up on the Roof – Summer 2014

UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, takes your questions. Q. UMBC is about to embark on a major renovation of the entrance to campus that will transform the way that alumni and visitors –...

Posted: July 3, 2014, 12:35 AM

To You – Summer 2014

A public research university such as UMBC has to be many things at once – and touch as many lives in a productive way as it can. At the center of its mission is teaching. New generations of...

Posted: July 2, 2014, 8:35 PM

The News – Summer 2014

A GRAND ENTRANCE The UMBC community – as well as visitors to campus – will have to pardon some dust and altered traffic patterns over the next two years. But it’s all for a good cause: a...

Posted: July 2, 2014, 8:34 PM

Life on the Edge (With a Safety Net)

Mary Volkman ’92, English, is a Baltimore native who writes fiction under the pen name “Margo Christie.” Her first novel, These Days: A Tale of Nostalgia on Baltimore’s Block, relies not only on...

Posted: July 2, 2014, 8:27 PM