Thousands of Retriever graduates, family, and friends streamed into the new UMBC Event Center last week to celebrate spring commencement, as the ceremonies returned to Hilltop Circle for the first...
May 31, 2018
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In a first-of-its-kind survey released in April, researchers at the Wisconsin HOPE Lab at Temple University found that at 66 colleges and universities, 36 percent of students do not get enough to...
May 31, 2018
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A UMBC Ph.D. student and an alumna have been selected to participate in this year’s international Nobel laureate forums, which connect top student engineers and scientists from universities around...
May 30, 2018
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The fall of 2017 was marked by wildfires that burned most of Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino counties in Northern California, and a hurricane season with 17 tropical storms — 10 of which became...
May 30, 2018
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The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) has again named UMBC one of top universities in the nation and worldwide. The 2018 – 19 CWUR list features UMBC among the top 170 U.S. universities...
May 29, 2018
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With John Klausmeier ’04, mechanical engineering As a boy, John Klausmeier ’04, mechanical engineering, dreamed of working in the racing industry. He began working toward his current role as...
May 25, 2018
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Me, rubbing True Grit’s nose just before the game versus Kansas State. Dear Retrievers, The day after the men’s basketball team made history with their surprise win over UVA, I unglued myself...
May 25, 2018
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Though he never set foot on UMBC’s field as a player, the lacrosse career of Lloyd Carter ’97, M.S. ’09, emergency health services, began years before his time as a Retriever, and continues today...
May 25, 2018
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Eight of UMBC’s explorers, dreamers, teachers, and thinkers will soon travel to countries across Europe and Asia as 2018 – 19 U.S. Fulbright Scholars. The grantees are all graduates of UMBC’s...
May 25, 2018
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Defying gravity outside UMBC’s chem buiding. Photos by Marlayna Demond ’11. Monday through Thursday, rising sophomore Devin Meek is your average media & communication studies student. But...
May 24, 2018
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