UMBC News and Magazine Headlines

On a recent Friday, representatives of UMBC, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gathered in UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery and pledged to work together...

Jennifer Boateng Degree: B.A., Global Studies Hometown: Bowie, MD Post-grad plans: Multimedia content creation for a global humanitarian organization Jennifer Boateng is ready to take on...

UMBC’s Dresher Center for the Humanities recently partnered with the National Humanities Alliance to host Inclusion and Public Humanities: A Convening, one of the culminating events in the final...

Avni Patel Degrees: B.S., Biological Sciences; B.A., Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Hometown: Ellicott City, MD Post-grad plans: Medical school Avni Patel has completed a...

Written by Loren Henderson, associate professor of public policy, UMBC and Ruby Mendenhall, associate professor in sociology, African American studies, urban and regional planning, and social...

Elijah Mugabe Degree: B.S., Chemistry Hometown: Greenbelt, MD Post-grad plans: Ph.D., Pharmacology, Cornell University Amongst the beakers, test tubes, and chemicals in a laboratory prep...

Shaniah Reece Degree: B.S., Information Systems Hometown: Beltsville, MD and Georgetown, Guyana Post-grad plans: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Emory University When Shaniah Reece came to...

Written by Jeffrey Gardner, associate professor of biological sciences, UMBC One of the scariest things you can be told when at a doctor’s office is “You have an antimicrobial-resistant...

Beatriz Soriano Luna Degree: B.S., Social Work Hometown: Montgomery County, MD Post-grad plans: M.S.W., University of Maryland School of Social Work A Universities of Shady Grove (USG)...

Victoria Joya Euceda Degree: B.A., Geography and Environmental Studies Hometown: Gaithersburg, MD Post-grad plans: Ph.D. in geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign McNair...