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Our latest effort to build the green movement at UMBC is the green pledge. By making a public commitment to sustainability, we can inspire lasting positive change across the campus community....

We’re less than a week away from #GivingTuesday, a national day of giving on December 3rd. UMBC’s students and alumni are working to change the world, and on #GivingTuesday, you can be a part of...

Today we wanted to pause for a moment and tell you what we’re thankful for. The answer is you, our wonderful alumni. Thank you for all that you do and all that you are. UMBC would not be same...

Ted Lawler ’99, biological sciences and psychology, was recently named to the Big South Network’s All-Decade Team for men’s soccer in the 1990s. From Big South’s website:  As part of the...

Attorney General Douglas Gansler and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown both put forth campaign pledge proposals last week in what has become a hotly contested Democratic primary in the Maryland race for...

Now through December 7, see Tom Bethards ’90, computer science, and Rebecca Feibel ’03, history, in Annie at Colonial Players of Annapolis. Stevie Mangum, a UMBC senior theatre major, plays...

Into Orbit A tiny satellite is a big new step in Earth science research at UMBC. It may only be the size of a tall coffee mug, but the launch of Qubscout-S1 on November 21 at 2:10 a.m....

Net Gains Looking Back On a Phenomenal Year for UMBC Soccer An amazing season for both UMBC soccer squads finally came to a close in below-freezing temperatures at Retriever Soccer Park on...

“Are we creating a world where atrocities can be committed at the push of a button, and then immediately forgotten?,” asks City Paper’s H. Dean Freeman in response to the exhibition currently on...

With the upcoming release of their second CD, we decided to catch up with two alumni members of UMBC’s Down and Dirty Dawg Band (DDDB) (Matt Basch ’08, information systems and ’10 M.S.,...