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In Demand

Shriver 2010 Interns Learn how some UMBC students spent their summer engaged in applied learning. Kola Bakre Intern Erickson Retirement Communities – Charlestown, Catonsville,...

Posted: September 8, 2010, 4:00 AM

Winning Season

Winning Season After competing in three international Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) events this year, UMBC finished in second place for the 2010 season. The UMBC Baja team is the number...

Posted: August 31, 2010, 4:00 AM

Learning Through Experience

Learning Through Experience Students from North Bend Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore have a better grasp on their potential careers, thanks to a program called Learning Through Experience...

Posted: August 5, 2010, 4:00 AM

Advancing Science

Advancing Science For their prestigious scholarship, Robert Provine, professor of psychology, and Michael Summers, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator and professor of chemistry...

Posted: August 2, 2010, 4:00 AM

Going the Distance

Going the Distance UMBC students often take their learning experience out of the classroom by interning at local companies, discussing ideas with visiting scholars, or doing service in the...

Posted: July 21, 2010, 4:00 AM

22 Yards

22 Yards For many players on the UMBC Cricket Club, the sport runs in their blood. That passion, combined with the team’s motivation and strength, has helped them achieve a ranking of third in...

Posted: July 2, 2010, 4:00 AM

Video: How to Give a Dawg a Facelift

[Video] From UMBC Magazine Summer 2010, How to Give a Dawg a Facelift: Evolution of a Logo. Video by Jim Lord.

Posted: June 13, 2010, 6:34 PM

Broad(mede) Vistas Aging

The Erickson School’s masters program for the Management of Aging Services (MAgS) counts among its alumni professionals as diverse as lawyers, publishers, artists, nursing directors, and, of...

Posted: May 20, 2010, 8:16 PM

Chasing Tales

As a journalist and an author, UMBC English professor Christopher Corbett has a knack for finding marvelous and mislaid stories past and present. By Rafael Alvarez Christopher Corbett once...

Posted: May 20, 2010, 8:10 PM

Discovery – Summer 2010

The Eyes Have It When you think of advanced, complex visual systems – eyes with far more acuity of vision than human eyes – you do not think of shrimp. Tom Cronin does. He collects samples of a...

Posted: May 20, 2010, 8:07 PM