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Mathematics professor Manil Suri was mentioned on Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update” (Dec. 7) for winning the Bad Sex in Fiction award for his most recent novel, The City of Devi. Some of the...

Simple Stories: The Photography of Robert Houston, a curatorial project of the Museum Practice class (Art 427), was mentioned this week in an interview with the artist in City Paper and in the...

Youth First UMBC researchers collaborate to treat and prevent psychosis in young people. A teenager thinks someone is following him when no one is there. Another believes the television is...

Christopher Corbett, professor of the practice of English, recently reviewed a new book for The Wall Street Journal about Red Cloud, a Sioux war chief who defeated the U.S. Army and negotiated...

Puerto Rico currently has a per capita debt load of $19,000 and its 2013 deficit was around $2.2 billion.  In the midst of a prolonged recession, there has been widespread debate on how to solve...

The Baltimore Sun’s special education supplement last month featured William D’Eugenio ’14, theatre, and Nyalls Hartman, theatre, as they discussed the features of the Black Box Theatre and the...

Amy Hurst, Collaborates on Multi-University Project To Improve Web and Cloud Computing Accessibility Will Help People With Disabilities Take Full Advantage of Online Resources...

Heather Mizeur, a Democratic candidate in the Maryland gubernatorial race, has announced she will participate in the state’s public financing system next year. Mizeur will limit overall spending...

The National Museum of Japanese History recently published an article by Constantine Vaporis in its bi-monthly magazine “REKIHAKU.” Vaporis, who is the Asian studies program director and professor...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX-TY7a22Us&w=560&h=315] Time is running out for your chance to win the Maryland Charity Campaign grand prize: two round-trip tickets to anywhere...