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Behind the Mask

Brendan Mundorf ’07 is one of the world’s best (and toughest) lacrosse players. Now he’s bouncing back from an injury to pursue a professional championship. By Jeff Seidel ’85 Brendan Mundorf...

Posted: February 4, 2013, 9:36 PM

The Write Equation

For Manil Suri, Math + Fiction + Ambition = A Career > The Sum of Its Parts by Mark Athitakis Last October, UMBC professor of mathematics Manil Suri planned to end a session of his...

Posted: February 4, 2013, 9:34 PM

Inaugural Hrabowski Fund for Innovation Grants Announced

FROM: Freeman Hrabowski, President, and Philip Rous, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs TO: The UMBC Community RE: Inaugural Grants from the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation...

Posted: February 4, 2013, 9:09 PM

Maricel Kann, Translational Bioinformatics

Maricel Kann, assistant professor in the department of biological sciences, recently published a new online book, Translational Bioinformatics on PLOS-CB (first open access book in PLOS.)   This...

Posted: February 4, 2013, 3:46 PM

Chiropractor Sokoloff ’82, HESP, Travels With Ravens

Many of us in Baltimore were captivated by the magic of the Superbowl this weekend. But chiropractor Alan Sokoloff ’82, health science and policy, found himself truly in the thick of Ravens mania,...

Posted: February 4, 2013, 3:23 PM

AA-I Presents Check to Alumni Association

Alumni Association – International, a Maryland-based group created to support alumni relations programs within the University System of Maryland, presented a $4,000 check to the UMBC Alumni...

Posted: February 4, 2013, 2:16 PM

For All the World to Hear is NEH’s Featured Project

For All the World to Hear sponsor, the National Endowment for the Humanities, has selected the CADVC outreach program as its “Featured Project”. The NEH’s website describes the program, and...

Posted: February 1, 2013, 7:54 PM

Donor Q&A: Ira ’81 and Elizabeth Allen ’82

From time to time, we’ll interview donors who are making a difference at UMBC. Today, we’re talking with Ira Steven Allen ’81, biological sciences, and Elizabeth Ward Allen ’82, political science,...

Posted: February 1, 2013, 7:45 PM