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A new Washington Times commentary critiquing government contracting programs for minority- and women-owned firms references testimony by UMBC professor George La Noue on why federal contacting...

Nicole Else-Quest, assistant professor of psychology, is the author of an April 9 post in the “Huffington Post” blog entitled “Contextualizing the Conversation on Women and STEM.” Else-Quest is...

Every so often, we’ll chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. Today, in honor of National Poetry Month, we’re talking with English teacher and poet Jackie (Vreatt) Regales...

Normally, a spring soccer match would not garner a tremendous amount of attention, even in a soccer-crazed area like the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. corridor. But UMBC’s contest vs. Georgetown,...

Ruben Dobbs and Joey Mitchell of Swampcandy perform at Slim’s in Raleigh NC. Annapolis-area blues duo Swampcandy — one half of which is comprised of bassist Joseph Mitchell ’09, music — launched...

Lily Bengfort, Karuna Joshi & Yelena Yesha The team of UMBC computer science professor Yelena Yesha and alumnae Karuna Joshi M.S. ’99, Ph.D. ’12, computer science, and Lily Bengfort ’93,...

The Baltimore Business Journal reports that Maryland is pushing back the launch of its small business health exchange by at least three months to allow more time for leaders to prepare the complex...

Nicole Else-Quest, assistant professor of psychology, is in the news for a forthcoming paper in the journal Psychology of Women Quarterly.  The study shows that male and female students earn...

UMBC’s Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture opened its annual MFA thesis exhibition this week, featuring five new MFA graduates, including two previous UMBC alumnae. The show will be open to...

Tresys CEO Gary Latham Tresys Technology, a provider of technology and engineering services for customers with high-security requirements, announced this week it has established and awarded the...