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Forget the Smoking Gun… – Gus Russo ’72, political science Moving In Place – Jill Sisson Quinn ’97, English Changing Communites – Sherece West-Scantlebury ’07, Ph.D., public policy Heaven,...

Open Labs, Engaging Research UMBC partnership with U.S. Army Research Lab creates new opportunities for teaching and research collaboration. On January 14, UMBC signed an Educational...

After Maryland was hit with heavy snowfall last Thursday, WYPR’s Maryland Morning looked into the question: how do our older neighbors plan for and deal with this kind of weather? Sheilah Kast,...

UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, takes your questions. Q. UMBC has made significant investments in creating physical spaces where collaboration in pedagogy and research can flourish....

Universities are filled with people who have great ideas. In fact, the view that universities act as a repository of great ideas has a firm hold on the public imagination. Students go to classes...

PHONE HOME Once in a while you might get a call asking for your support for UMBC and its mission. The person on the other end of the line? A UMBC student. Five nights a week, UMBC students...

UMBC alumni, professors and students find new spaces and places for innovation. Photography by Marlayna Demond ’11 * * * * Much of the journey of creation takes place in the space of the...

The habitat in central Maryland where Jill Sisson Quinn ’97, English grew up isn’t very different from the habitat in central Wisconsin where she lives now. The birds, insects, and trees are...

Professors Amy Hurst and Shaun Kane have created a community that helps  open up the world for people with disabilities through assistive technology. By Kathryn Masterson Every Monday morning...

With Andrew Vaché, laboratory specialist, department of physics By Meredith Purvis We are made of star stuff, as scientist Carl Sagan once wrote, so it’s no wonder we are fascinated by the...