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UMBC is making big steps toward making the university’s campus more sustainable. But as a state research university that’s growing every year, the faculty of UMBC and researchers affiliated with...

On a heavy studio table in UMBC’s Fine Arts building, artist Lisa Moren spreads out a sheet of beautiful marbleized paper, all fine waves and feathering. But the delicate patterns and the...

What is sustainability? The concept is becoming so ubiquitous that it can be hard to pin down, especially as it relates to our everyday lives. But Eric Zeemering, an assistant professor of...

Shortly after graduating from UMBC, Amy Segreti ’05, English, packed up her belongings and her journalistic ambitions and started driving west. San Francisco was her destination, but she got...

STAYING POWER On May 17, 1968, the eyes of the nation turned to an unassuming two-story building on  Frederick Road in Catonsville. The building was the local Knights of Columbus Hall, and...

One of the challenges in creating a greener planet earth is to carefully consider what policy initiatives will most effective for achieving sustainability goals. Virginia McConnell, a professor of...

LEAD DAWG UMBC Athletics has a new head Retriever. Tim Hall was named director of athletics, physical education and recreation and arrived at the university in early July. He comes to UMBC from...

In “Why the 2014 Election Matters for Voting Rights,” the online magazine Facing South delves into analysis by UMBC’s Tyson King-Meadows on last week’s CBC Annual Legislative Conference panel...

Throughout the week, with a possible government shutdown looming, UMBC political science professor Roy T. Meyers has provided analysis for media from the Washington Post to USA Today on the costs...

Language, Literacy and Cultural (LLC) doctoral candidate John Fritz has been named editor of the “reflective practitioner” section of the new Journal of Learning Analytics published by the Society...