With such a large population of Marylanders at UMBC, it’s not that unusual to run into someone you went to high school with. But when that someone is from your high school in Canberra, Australia,...
May 21, 2025
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The following message was shared with the UMBC community on May 19 to announce nationally recognized Medicaid subject matter expert Alice Middleton as the new executive director of The Hilltop...
May 20, 2025
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The following message was shared with the UMBC community on May 19 to announce Alice Middleton, a nationally recognized Medicaid subject matter expert, as the new executive director of The Hilltop...
May 20, 2025
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Toward the end of 2018, Chhaya Kulkarni, Ph.D. ’25, information sciences, was working as an IT analyst in India and contemplating pursuing higher education. Her mom, who had earned her own...
May 20, 2025
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Jordan Fisher, visual arts, discovered a nurturing environment in commonvision, UMBC’s student design and print center, where he could apply the graphic design skills he learned in his academic...
May 19, 2025
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Like most dads, Chris Burk immediately told his 10-year-old daughter that the object she was trying to fish out of Pig Pen Pond was probably trash. Emily was not to be deterred, and Burk said he...
May 19, 2025
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Since fall 2021, UMBC’s Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment (ICARE) has supported master’s students pursuing environmental science research related to Baltimore...
May 19, 2025
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Darcie Adams ’23, political science and gender, women’s, and sexuality studies, came to UMBC unsure of what he wanted to study—but through involvement in student organizations and a passion for...
May 19, 2025
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While Lexi Kay ’25, psychology, may have a flair for the dramatics when she’s acting, she’s taking her talents offstage and implementing them into what will become her life’s work as a therapist....
May 19, 2025
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Meet a Retriever—Maxwell Amoh-Mayes, biological sciences major, mentor, and multicultural ambassador
Meet Maxwell Amoh-Mayes, a junior biological sciences major and Meyerhoff Scholar who is minoring in public health and on the pre-med/Ph.D. track. Maxwell has truly found his people at UMBC, from...
May 16, 2025
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