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High Hopes Meghan “Meg” Colabella ’10, history, is about to do what few other athletes have done. She’ll be graduating within three years, all while playing on the basketball team, earning a...

Lucky Number Seven The UMBC men’s swimming and diving team has won its seventh consecutive America East Championship and 13th straight conference title overall after finishing with 926.5 points...

Science from the Start An interest in science began early for Benyam Kinde ’10. As a child, he spent weekends with his father, a veterinarian and microbiologist, performing necropsies (animal...

Good to be Green Walk past the marquee in The Commons, and you’ll see some new words on the board…. “The hero UMBC deserves. The one it needs. GREEN MAN.” This new mascot is recycling his way...

�Our Civic Voices� Gives Students Chance to Speak College now feels attainable to students at Federal Hill Preparatory School in Baltimore, thanks to a UMBC afterschool program focusing on...

A Food Pioneer It’s no surprise to UMBC Professor of American Studies Warren Belasco that food is entering mainstream curricula at American colleges and universities. A number of academic...

A Prototype for Collaboration   Engineering and art come together in finding innovative ways of using 3D rapid prototyping at UMBC. Dr. Anne Spence and artist Chad Eby discuss how they...

A Prototype for Collaboration Engineering and art come together in finding innovative ways to use 3D rapid prototyping at UMBC. The Department of Mechanical Engineering’s rapid...

A Smart Move Young students will learn the importance of transportation efficiency and team building at the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) State Championship at UMBC on Saturday, January 30. The...

A Tale of Two Nuclear Cities Chernobyl is a household word for nuclear disaster; few Americans, however, know the story behind two fate-entwined cities in the U.S. and former U.S.S.R. which...