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UMBC Alumnus Becomes President of West Virginia University According to Google Maps, it takes a little over three hours to get from Catonsville to Morgantown, West Virginia. For James P....

UMBC Darwin Expert Speaks at Library of Congress When UMBC history professor Sandra Herbert first saw the Charles Darwin Archives at Christ’s College, Cambridge as a graduate student, “It was...

UMBC Honors Outstanding Alumni The UMBC Alumni Association will present Outstanding Alumnus/a and Distinguished Service Awards to six exceptional alumni at the 2007 UMBC Alumni of the Year...

UMBC Mama�s Boys Celebrate Five-Year Anniversary When they entered UMBC as freshmen, Jordan Hadfield ’07 and James “Jeeves” Murphy ’08 were searching for the right singing group. Both had...

UMBC Named One of Nation�s �Best Value� Public Universities The Princeton Review has included UMBC in its “Best Value Colleges for 2009” list. UMBC is one of 50 public institutions in...

ACTiVATE Program Success Sparks National Award, Additional Funding In just three years, UMBC’s ACTiVATE program has trained 70 female entrepreneurs who have formed 12 new companies. This...

UMBC Team Rallies to Win �Final Four of College Chess� With a final-round surge against its archrival, the UMBC chess team emerged once again as the undisputed kings of the collegiate game by...

UMBC�s Champion Twirler The grace of a ballerina. The poise of an equestrian rider. The flexibility of a gymnast. Those are the qualities baton twirlers like Stasi Kowalewski ’10 need to...

Venus, If You Will 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,...

Weidong Zhu Recognized for Engineering Innovations Have you ever wondered how engineers can tell if a structure needs repairs? Weidong Zhu, professor of mechanical engineering at UMBC, is...