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Spend some time with fellow alumni at these great events: IT & Engineering Alumni Happy Hour Wednesday, June 25, 6 – 8 p.m. Union Jack’s 10400 Little Patuxent Pkwy Columbia, MD 21044...

Dr. Belay Demoz has been appointed as Professor in the Department of Physics and Director of the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET), a cooperative center between UMBC and NASA...

The UMBC community is full of compassionate, caring people who love to give back to UMBC. Today we’re meeting one of those people, Justine Johnson, Associate Director of the Meyerhoff Graduate...

Editor’s note: This is part 1 of 2 in a series on the Jakubik Family Endowment Award. The UMBC community is full of compassionate, caring people who love to give back to UMBC. Stan Jakubik and...

Jodi Kelber-Kaye, associate director of the Honors College, joined The Marc Steiner Show on May 30 to celebrate the 163rd anniversary of Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I A Woman?” speech. Kelber-Kaye...

Relive the moment! View the 2014 UMBC Undergraduate Commencement on Storify, which features tweets, photos and videos from the UMBC community, including our faculty, staff, students and families.

National History Day is set to take place next month at the University of Maryland, College Park. The competition is an exciting experience for students in grades six through twelve to learn about...

Devin Hagerty, professor of political science and founding director of the global studies program, has been named the Lipitz Professor of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences for 2014-2015....

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...

[Video] Do you remember these moments? Taking your last final ever, walking across the stage, saying goodbye to tests and teachers and school… forever. These are moments the class of 2014 is...