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UMBC Peaceworker Alumni Remain Engaged in Baltimore Communities While nearly 85 percent of UMBC’s Shriver Peaceworker Fellows originally come from outside the Baltimore region, 60 percent have...

An Eco-Opportunity Employer Now that the U.S. Geological Survey’s Maryland-Delaware-Washington, D.C. Water Science Center is on campus at bwtech@UMBC, research partnerships...

UMBC Presents Work by Award Winning Playwright, Alumna Kara Lee Corthron ’99, theatre, is emerging as one of theatre’s most promising playwrights. Her new play, Wild Black-Eyed Susans, which...

UMBC Collaborative Digital Storytelling Project Wins International Award A pioneering and unique Digital Storytelling Project created by UMBC and Charlestown Retirement Community and funded by...

Dresher Center Expands Humanities Scholarship at UMBC A recent gift from the Dresher Foundation will expand the scope and reach of UMBC’s James T. and Virginia M. Dresher Center for the...

A Family Affair When Sue Hahn, an administrative assistant in UMBC’s Faculty Development Center, walks across the stage to receive her B.A. in American studies cum laude at the University’s...

lumnus Ian Ralby Receives Gates Cambridge Scholarship Alumni Scholarships Support Students Committed to the Advancement of Minorities Several UMBC alumni have...

Alumnus Ian M. Ralby Receives Prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship Ian M. Ralby, UMBC’s 2002 Valedictorian, will enter the M.Phil. program in International Relations at Cambridge...

Celebrating Student Research UMBC is a place that believes hands-on research and discovery is an essential part of the student experience. This week, two campus events put the creativity and...

Erickson School Launches Master’s Degree in Aging Services The Erickson School at UMBC is now accepting applications for its new Master of Arts in the Management of Aging Services (MAgS), a...