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Retrievers are upping their research game in the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program cohort
UMBC’s 2024 – 2025 Fulbright U.S. Student Program class are sharing their knowledge and building community around the world by earning a master’s degree, conducting research, or teaching English. This year is especially significant, as six of seven awards are research-focused, marking the highest number of research awards in UMBC’s Fulbright history. Continue Reading Retrievers…
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A fiscal crisis is looming for many US cities
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If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?
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New scholarship offers Japanese high school students an admissions pathway to UMBC and increases Japanese opportunities on campus
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Meet a Retriever—Emmanuella Osei, public health and sociology junior and fearless leader
UMBC Magazine
Fall 2024 Issue
Everyone Is Watching Women’s Sports
Magazine
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Meet a Retriever—Cierra K. Reeves found her perfect niche in psychology and aging services
Cierra K. Reeves knew there was a wide world of careers she could pursue with a psychology degree, but it took some prayer, a conversation with her mother, and a chat with her…
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Bio-inspired ‘batteries’ will use phytoplankton to power underwater sensors
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UMBC delegates build international connections at prestigious science and technology conference in India
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Carla Guarraia, Ph.D. ’06, receives Presidential Award for Teaching
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Mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Md Badrul Hasan recognized for research modeling hurricanes with machine learning
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U.S. News ranks UMBC’s online master’s in information systems among best in the nation
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Naghmeh Karimi granted industry funding to study promising computing-in-memory based AI accelerators
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UMBC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services partner to create pathways for a more diverse and inclusive workforce
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UMBC’s Ethics Bowl team earns spot in national championship two years in a row
Community
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New scholarship offers Japanese high school students an admissions pathway to UMBC and increases Japanese opportunities on campus
UMBC’s Center for Global Engagement has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Japanese Kanagawa Association of Private Junior/ Senior Schools to establish the annual Global Achievement Scholarship. This new partnership creates an undergraduate admissions pathway for up to 10 high school students from Kanagawa Prefecture beginning in fall 2026. Continue Reading New scholarship offers Japanese…
Policy & Society
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UMBC celebrates another year offering free tax prep services in partnership with the CASH Campaign of Maryland
On January 31, the CASH Campaign of Maryland, a nonprofit working to promote the economic advancement of low-to-moderate income individuals and families in Baltimore and across Maryland, kicked off the 2025 tax season with a press conference at UMBC promoting free tax prep services in the Baltimore area, including services offered on the UMBC campus. …
Science & Technology
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New endowed chair honors math professor Thomas Seidman, who helped shape the department
Thomas Seidman, late emeritus professor of mathematics and statistics, gave 45 years of his life to teaching, mentoring, and conducting research at UMBC before retiring in 2017. After his death in August 2024, his estate donated $1.06 million to UMBC to create the Dr. Thomas I. Seidman Endowed Chair in mathematics. The Maryland E-nnovation Initiative,…
Arts & Culture
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Earl Brooks explores how Black musicians shape political and social discourse in debut book ‘On Rhetoric and Black Music’
On the surface, it may appear that there isn’t much of a connection between rapper Kendrick Lamar and abolitionist Harriet Tubman. But in his debut book, UMBC Assistant Professor of English and musician Earl Brooks, argues that the rhetorical power of music—specifically music created by Black artists—is what bridges the two cultural figures, and many…
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New endowed chair honors math professor Thomas Seidman, who helped shape the department
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Tree sap batteries: Student entrepreneur Samuel Bendek imagines a clean energy future less reliant on critical minerals
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Physicist Adi Foord sheds light on a new research project, UMBC’s supportive environment, and her favorite black hole
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“Teaching them to think”: New course prepares students for success in proof-based mathematics