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UMBC honored and thanked George and Betsy Sherman for their commitment to education and their generous support of the University at the dedication of Sherman Hall, formerly Academic IV, on...

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...

PAST AND FUTURE The torch has been passed at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) – and it has been passed from one historian to another. Scott E. Casper arrived on...

Brian Souders ’09, Ph.D.,  language, literacy and culture, has directed UMBC’s Study Abroad program since 2000. His own travels and study have taken him to (among many locations) Finland and...

Adam Grossman ’06, environmental science, and ’98, M.S., civil engineering, has always loved competition. As an unheralded runner out of Pikesville High School, Grossman helped UMBC’s track and...

Isaac Kinde ’05, biological sciences, has a habit of surrounding himself with the right people. As a high school student in Redlands, Calif., he ranked at the top of his class, applying to the...

With Kristin Schenning ’15, Mimi Dietrich ’70, and Vickie Greisman ’13 By Meredith Purvis Americans take immense pride in their flag. The simple rectangle of red, white and blue fabric sewn...

Transportation counts for more than one third of UMBC’s carbon footprint, so getting more students, faculty and staff to campus with fewer vehicles is high on the university’s sustainability...

Want to see UMBC’s sustainable future? Just make your way to the roof of Patapsco Hall – where efforts make UMBC greener are intersecting with pedagogy and academic research. A recent $16.5...

Most people stop thinking about their trash once they toss it in a bin. But with composting, the bin is only the beginning. “Composting is a way to make food waste into new food growth,”...