UMBC News and Magazine Headlines

As the nation again faces the risk of a government shutdown, media have been turning to political science professor Roy Meyers’ research on past shutdowns to understand what is at stake. In...

The Nassau County Legislature unanimously approved a $229 million bid by Forest City Ratner to restore and update the Nassau Coliseum on Monday. Naussau County voters turned down a plan to borrow...

I ride UMBC Transit to work every day.Yes, I’m likely helping reduce UMBC’s carbon footprint by doing so. But what I have found over the five years that I’ve been a rider is that the feeling of...

Pushing the university to meet its climate goals is a grassroots effort by students, faculty and staff. A Greener UMBC? by Richard Byrne Passing the Sniff Test by Laura Lefavor ’13 Zip and...

UMBC scholars and artists are laying the foundation for a more sustainable world right here at home. Finding a Green Future by Richard Byrne and Joel N. Shurkin Earth Tones by Jenny O’Grady...

Postcard from Pyongyang – Brian Souders ’09, Ph.D. language, literacy and culture In Good Company – Isaac Kinde ’05, biological sciences Ninja Star – Adam Grossman ’06, environmental science,...

Check out some great web extras to accompany stories in our Fall 2013 issue, including interviews, videos and more… Sustainability at UMBC Read more about UMBC’s efforts to create a sustainable...

UMBC Language, Literacy & Culture doctoral student Kevin Wisniewski is publishing the lead chapter in the new anthology Kidding Around: The Child in Film and Media(Bloomsbury, January 2014)....

In an interview with George Mason University’s History News Network, professor Kate Brown shares her inspiration for her new book, Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet...

Kimberly Moffitt joins panelists on The Marc Steiner Show to continue the ongoing discussion on the mass shooting tragedy at the Washington, D.C. Naval Yard, last Monday. The panelists, who also...