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Last reminders of 2023!

Office closed / Travel Signatures / Tax season coming up

Dear Exchange Scholars, Have a great winter break! The OISS office will be closed December 22, 2023 - January 1, 2024. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Have a wonderful winter break,...

December 18, 2023 · 9:48 AM

Step into a dancer’s shoes

University Communications and Marketing social media intern Allison John ’24, psychology, isn’t only interested in Instagram engagement and sharing campus treasures—she’s also passionate about the...

December 15, 2023 · 1:18 PM

December 22 Administrative Leave Day

Dear Colleagues, As we celebrated our annual service awards last week, one of the messages we hope you heard is that “You Matter.” It is important to us that you know you are valued and we...

December 13, 2023 · 3:34 PM

The Home Stretch!

Dear Students, You are almost there! The fall semester is demanding, I know. As we finish up classes and head into finals, I want to offer a word of encouragement and support to you and to...

December 12, 2023 · 5:15 PM

Uplifting up-and-coming economists

As a student Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman took notice of something missing in the field of academic economics—people who looked like her. Since then, this Forbes 30 under 30 star in Boston has...

December 12, 2023 · 12:52 PM

Why We Love it Here

What gets you up and out the door each morning? And what makes a job more than a job—or even more than a career? For so many who make UMBC their professional home, the value goes way beyond a...

December 8, 2023 · 9:06 AM

Three sisters—all alums—share their family’s recipes for food and comfort

Aimee, Jamie, and Gina Joshua have a lot in common. All three went to UMBC as members of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. And the sisters all have great memories of growing up in a house filled...

December 7, 2023 · 4:32 PM

Historical lens—3 stories that scratch the surface of a 5,400 image archive

One of the most influential sets of historical photos in UMBC’s Special Collections is an archive of more than 5,400 images documenting the harsh conditions of child laborers in early 20th-century...

December 7, 2023 · 12:28 PM

Handle with care—students help digitize and rehouse thousands of historical photos

A nine-year-old stands at the mouth of a coal mine covered in coal dust, wearing a small headlamp. A woman holds her baby on her lap as she packs boxes in a warehouse along with her 5-, 8-, and...

December 7, 2023 · 12:15 PM

As summer wildfire smoke choked Baltimore, UMBC air pollution researchers leapt into action

Starting this May, a series of wildfires in Eastern Canada sent enormous smoke clouds wafting into the U.S., triggering air quality warnings in cities from the Midwest to the Northeast. For days,...

December 7, 2023 · 8:43 AM

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