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On Saturday, November 9, the UMBC women’s soccer team made the Retriever family proud as they clinched the America East Championship with a 2-1 win over defending champion Stony Brook. This is...

As of late October, students, faculty and staff now have access to six hybrid road bicycles to rent for a ride across campus, or throughout Catonsville, Halethorpe and the greater Baltimore area....

Earning 2,002 of the 5,523 total votes, UMBC senior striker Pete Caringi III (Perry Hall, Md./Cavlert Hall) earned the 2013 America East Men’s Soccer Fans’ Choice Player of the Year award....

The start of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia is just three months away, and the deadline to apply to host the 2022 Winter Olympics is Thursday. John Rennie Short, professor of...

Election-year calls for tax cuts in Maryland have triggered several campaigns to ensure they are kept. Many advocates of environmental, health and social service programs have formed focus groups...

The percussion quartet Umbilicus, featuring Tom Goldstein, music, Shelly Purdy ’10, Will Redman ’98, and Rob Wolk ’11, performs Friday, November 15 at 8 p.m. at The Parlor, in a program including...

Voices Carry Gus Russo �72 Traces the Lesser-Known Tales of the Kennedy Assassination Ask Gus Russo�72, political science, where he was on November 22, 1963 and he recalls it instantly. He was...

In a letter sent out Thursday by his federal political action committee, Gov. Martin O’Malley called for support for a higher minimum wage in Maryland. The letter was coordinated with a social...

Freshman Amy Berbert was awarded the grand prize last month for her submission in the second annual USM Foundation Art Contest. The winning art piece meant to illustrate this year’s theme — a...

Yvette Pappoe ’13, sociology discovered her passion for learning during her time as a student at UMBC. Now, an intern with the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education, she’s continued pursing...