UMBC News and Magazine Headlines

Tackling the Shortage of STEM Teachers in Baltimore Due to the growing shortage of highly-qualified science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers, the Sherman STEM Teacher...

The Art of Educating When Laura Pasquini ’98, visual arts, started her studies in art at UMBC, she thought she wanted to be a museum curator, creating exhibits that set great art in narrative...

The Engineering Education Frontier Julia Ross, professor and chair of chemical and biochemical engineering at UMBC, was selected to attend the National Academy of Engineer�s (NAE) first...

The Future of Information Sharing As the world embraces Web 2.0, the effects of social media are on the minds of several researchers at UMBC. Assistant Professor of Sociology Zeynep Tufekci...

The Perfect Pitch When Mike Pesci ’12 was young, he had goals few kids his age had. Like his peers, he played sports – baseball since the age of four – and his studies were important. But it...

The Stuff of Legend As a former Associated Press reporter, Christopher Corbett knows how to spot a good story. So when he noticed that although thousands of Chinese had come to America during...

Turning Knowledge into Action Women Involved in Learning and Leadership (WILL) at UMBC, part of the Gender and Women’s Studies program, is one of eight groups nationwide participating in a...

Two UMBC Professors Win NSF CAREER Awards Two UMBC scientists were recently recognized as among the nation’s top young faculty in their fields by the National Science Foundation (NSF),...

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...