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UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III takes your questions. Q. Innovation is something that you talk about in many venues across the country, and you’ve been acknowledged as an innovator in...

A modern university such as UMBC thrives on excellence in teaching and innovation in research. We all know good teaching when it touches our lives and the lives of those close to us. But...

SUPER CAMPAIGN The high achievement and affordability of UMBC makes the university an attractive option for high school students. But a university built on innovation is always looking to do the...

In 1999, Giuliano Celenza ’03, sociology, led the UMBC men’s soccer team to its first NCAA tournament. Eleven years later, Levi Houapeu ’11 has done the same thing (and more), leading the 2010...

With Jennifer Lepus, Director, University Health Services It’s February, and many of us have love on the brain. Storefronts are bathed in pink and red, and boxes of chocolates line the store...

INVESTIGATING ICE Doing science in the polar regions is not for the timid – even at 39,000 feet. But Michael Studinger, an associate research scientist in UMBC’s Goddard Earth Sciences and...

GETTING THEIR KICKS In 2009, UMBC men’s soccer players Levi Houapeu ’11 and Andrew Bulls ’12 led the nation in scoring. In 2010, the duo led the Retrievers to the NCAA Tournament for the first...

Tom Venable M.A. ’95, instructional systems development, principal of Carl Cozier Elementary School, will be the new deputy superintendent of the Bellingham School District in Washington state....

State Delegate Adrienne Jones ’76, psychology, has been named Baltimore County’s new deputy director of the Office of Human Resources, according to a release from the office of County Executive...

Bruce Goldfarb ’85, Emergency Health Services, intends to challenge the newly-copyrighted word “Hon,” according to the Baltimore Sun. The Catonsville writer, who runs WelcometoBaltimoreHon.Com,...