UMBC News and Magazine Headlines

The Center for Urban Families will honor Diane Bell-McKoy ’73, sociology, CEO of Associated Black Charities, at its 2nd annual Urban Visionary Award (UVA) ceremony later this month, the group...

Two alumni appear in a new promotional video launched by UMBC’s Department of Physics. The video, which talks about the types of study and research conducted within the department, featured...

Timothy Lynch ’87, interdisciplinary studies, was recognized at the 2013 Presidential Faculty and Staff Awards, an annual celebration of the accomplishments faculty and staff campus- and...

An excerpt from Piotr Gwiazda’s translation of Grzegorz Wroblewski’s book of prose poems, Kopenhaga, scheduled for publication by Zephyr Press, is scheduled to appear in the April 1, 2013 issue of...

For many of us, a 30th birthday celebration means balloons, presents and parties with friends and family. For Maaden “Madie” Eshete ’07, biological sciences, however, the milestone birthday will...

“Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters” by Kate Brown, associates professor of history, was recently reviewed by Nature. “A multitude...

Amy Froide, associate professor of history, has been elected President of the Middle Atlantic Conference on British Studies (MACBS). The MACBS is the Mid-Atlantic regional affiliate of the North...

Delta Lambda chapter Secretary Alida Loinaz Sigma Phi Omega (SPO) is the national academic honor society in gerontology, for professionals who work with or on behalf of older persons. The UMBC...

A view of some of Kelley Bell’s work in the Bromo Seltzer Tower in Baltimore Several faculty members and alumni were awarded Individual Artist Awards by the Maryland State Art Council this month....

Several faculty members and alumni were awarded Individual Artist Awards by the Maryland State Arts Council this month. The Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards are monetary...