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How To Purify Water With Simple Tools

With Karin Readel, Senior Lecturer, Geography & Environmental Systems You never know when or where extreme thirst might occur. Exploring ancient ruins in the Amazon, you drop your canteen...

Posted: June 21, 2009, 4:42 PM

Fighting Fistula – Jeffrey Wilkinson ’89, INDS

In a developing world awash with suffering, Jeffrey Wilkinson ’89, interdisciplinary studies, has used his medical skills to focus on a very specific problem for African women: a hugely...

Posted: June 21, 2009, 4:41 PM

Early Risers

After 9 a.m. – and until the last classes of the day – UMBC is a busy place. The Commons and Quad and Academic Walk bustle with students and faculty and staff going busily about the business of...

Posted: June 21, 2009, 4:39 PM

Double Threat – Donna Lewis ’86, English

Donna Lewis ’86, English, leads a double life. She earned her law degree at the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore and is currently an attorney with the Department of Homeland...

Posted: June 21, 2009, 4:32 PM

Discovery – Summer 2009

Shakespeare: Page to Stage Michele Osherow is one of UMBC’s rising stars in the humanities. An assistant professor of English, she serves as director of the Humanities Scholars Program and as...

Posted: June 21, 2009, 4:30 PM

At Play – Summer 2009

Monkee Business In a crowded basement bar in Silver Spring in late winter, the Stepping Stones are bashing out a version of the Monkees’ “Mary, Mary.” As the song veers out of its chorus, UMBC...

Posted: June 21, 2009, 3:55 PM

At Play – Summer 2010

Making a Splash Wondering how the Retrievers’ men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams have sustained their tournament excellence over the past few years? A weeklong dose of sea and sand...

Posted: June 20, 2009, 7:36 PM

The News – Summer 2010

The Doctors Are In It’s Career Week at UMBC – an annual event focused on helping students and recent alumni select and secure jobs. Justin Alexander ’09, ancient studies, is looking for work...

Posted: May 20, 2009, 7:53 PM

To You – Summer 2010

It’s no secret that these are tough economic times. So what advantages do UMBC students have in the struggle to find and secure a career? The great education that they receive at UMBC is one...

Posted: May 20, 2009, 7:52 PM

Turn to Earn

How challenging and timely internships changed the career trajectories of four UMBC alumni. By Meredith Purvis, Derek Roper ’11, and Erika Shernoff Photos by Howard Korn Mastering an...

Posted: May 20, 2009, 7:47 PM