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Over Coffee – Fall 2009

Establishing a legacy that spans generations is important for a school that is only 43-years-old – and one father and son team has created such a legacy as student-athletes at UMBC. John Goedeke...

Posted: September 20, 2009, 7:15 PM

Pedal Power

Two weeks after completing a grueling bicycle race that ran from Oceanside, Calif. to Annapolis, Adam Driscoll ’04, information systems, is still waiting for sensation to return to his fingertips....

Posted: September 20, 2009, 7:14 PM

The Best of Both Worlds

How a decade-long battle over bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park created a thriving link between campus and business and a dedicated green space for research and teaching. By Richard Byrne...

Posted: September 20, 2009, 7:13 PM

The News – Fall 2009

Top Dawgs “We’re Number One! We’re Number One!” It isn’t often that UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III’s “State of the University” address is interrupted by an impromptu chant. But this...

Posted: September 20, 2009, 7:09 PM

The Tweet Science

UMBC assistant professor of sociology Zeynep Tufekci investigates how we use Facebook, Twitter and other new social-networking services to define ourselves. By Joab Jackson ’90 Illustration by...

Posted: September 20, 2009, 7:07 PM

To You – Fall 2009

I am delighted that one of the features in this issue is written by John Strausbaugh ’74, interdisciplinary studies. Strausbaugh has had a successful career in journalism and cultural criticism,...

Posted: September 20, 2009, 7:06 PM

Up On The Roof – Fall 2009

UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III takes your questions. Q. What book do you recommend that every young person read before they go out into the “real world?” — Shivonne L. Laird ’99,...

Posted: September 20, 2009, 7:05 PM

Venus, If You Will – Deborah Randall ’94, Theatre

Many theatre companies are born out of a mixture of inspiration and frustration. Take The Venus Theatre in Laurel, for instance. When its founder, Deborah Randall ’94, theatre, graduated from...

Posted: September 20, 2009, 7:00 PM

Video: Early Risers at UMBC

[Video] From UMBC Magazine Summer 2009, Early Risers, featuring Crew Club practice, ROTC morning routine, True Grits dining hall, and other UMBC voices — including one hungry squirrel. Video...

Posted: September 13, 2009, 6:47 PM