I ride UMBC Transit to work every day. Yes, I’m likely helping reduce UMBC’s carbon footprint by doing so. But what I have found over the five years that I’ve been a rider is that the feeling of...
September 26, 2013
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PAST AND FUTURE The torch has been passed at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) – and it has been passed from one historian to another. Scott E. Casper arrived on...
September 26, 2013
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Brian Souders ’09, Ph.D., language, literacy and culture, has directed UMBC’s Study Abroad program since 2000. His own travels and study have taken him to (among many locations) Finland and...
September 26, 2013
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Adam Grossman ’06, environmental science, and ’98, M.S., civil engineering, has always loved competition. As an unheralded runner out of Pikesville High School, Grossman helped UMBC’s track and...
September 26, 2013
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Isaac Kinde ’05, biological sciences, has a habit of surrounding himself with the right people. As a high school student in Redlands, Calif., he ranked at the top of his class, applying to the...
September 26, 2013
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With Kristin Schenning ’15, Mimi Dietrich ’70, and Vickie Greisman ’13 By Meredith Purvis Americans take immense pride in their flag. The simple rectangle of red, white and blue fabric sewn...
September 26, 2013
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Transportation counts for more than one third of UMBC’s carbon footprint, so getting more students, faculty and staff to campus with fewer vehicles is high on the university’s sustainability...
September 26, 2013
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Want to see UMBC’s sustainable future? Just make your way to the roof of Patapsco Hall – where efforts make UMBC greener are intersecting with pedagogy and academic research. A recent $16.5...
September 26, 2013
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Most people stop thinking about their trash once they toss it in a bin. But with composting, the bin is only the beginning. “Composting is a way to make food waste into new food growth,”...
September 26, 2013
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When UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, signed the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment in 2007, he took the first step to put UMBC on the path to a more...
September 26, 2013
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