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Three-fourths of UMBC’s opening day backline earned 2011 America East Conference Men’s Soccer All-Academic team honors, the league announced today. Seniors Vince Savarese and Andy Streilein and...

A new study produced by Visit Baltimore suggests the Baltimore Grand Prix had a smaller economic impact than predicted, reports the Baltimore Sun. The tourism group estimated that event attendees...

[Video] On November 8, 2011, absentee voters in Takoma Park, Maryland, will have the option to verify their votes for mayor and city council using a new Internet voting system called...

From Nancy Young, Vice President, Student Affairs I am pleased to announce that Dr. Daniel Barnhart will be joining our division as the new Director of Off-Campus Student Services (OCSS). Dan...

On Thursday, November 10, the Department of Music presents presents a program entitled The Expressive Jewish Tradition Through Music and Words, featuring performers Maria Lambros, viola; Airi...

In his latest Baltimore Sun opinion column, UMBC political science professor Thomas F. Schaller focuses on the US tax policy debate. “We talk a lot about spending cuts but rarely, if ever, about...

The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) has elected seven new members to its Board of Directors, including Stephen J. Sfekas, a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge who previously taught health care...

UPDATE (11/14/11): The segment is now available to view online here. A transcript is available here. UPDATE (11/05/11): The airing of the “60 Minutes” piece on UMBC has been postponed. It is now...

On Thursday, November 10, Michael Fallon, senior lecturer of English, will read from his two new books of poetry: “Since You have No Body,” winner of the 2011 Plan B Press Poetry Chapbook...

Timothy Nohe, associate professor of Visual Arts, will exhibit his work Candles for Faust at the in/flux gallery, 307 West Baltimore Street, from November 5 through 19. Nohe remarks, “Candles...