UMBC News and Magazine Headlines

An article published July 8 in Politico Magazine discusses recent election strategies used by Democrats in Southern states. Thomas Schaller, a political science professor and author of Whistling...

Psychology Professor Robert Provine appeared in the July 2014 edition of Real Simple magazine in an article about the evolution and science of laughter. The magazine published a lengthy article in...

The 2015 Fiske Guide to Colleges named UMBC as a “Best Buy” university. UMBC was one of only 22 public universities chosen for the list, which includes schools like University of North Carolina at...

Here in the Office of Alumni Relations, we spend a lot of time telling stories about and talking with our wonderfully supportive alums. However, we’ve decided to turn the tables and take time to...

Rich Experience, Exceptional Value Fiske Guide honors UMBC for excellence and affordability, highlights strength in social sciences. UMBC has received the special distinction of being named a...

The Baltimore Sun special section on education recently featured UMBC’s Honors College in an article on the rich educational experiences honors programs provide. The article discusses requirements...

Every so often, we’ll chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. Today we’re talking with software engineer Akshay Java M.S. ‘03, computer science, Ph.D. ‘08, computer science,...

Meghan Carpenter on the left and Dr. Kim Leisey, Associate VP for Student Affairs On June 30, 2014, the Division of Student Affairs honored the 2014 UMBC Student Affairs Leadership Award...

Associate Professor Lynn Cazabon, Visual Arts, has received a Fulbright Teaching Award to work at Leipaja University for the Spring 2015 semester. Leipaja University is in Leipaja, Latvia, a...

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...