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On a sunny and unseasonably warm Halloween this past fall, a group of costumed UMBC students strolled the banks of the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. The costumes were in good fun, but the spirit...
April 2, 2025
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Written by Fred L. Pincus, emeritus professor of sociology, UMBC President Donald Trump issued an executive order to dismantle the Education Department on March 20, 2025, that calls for...
April 1, 2025
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Meet Harish Reddy Manyam, M.P.S. ’24, data science. Harish is a data scientist and AI governance advisor at Marshfield Clinic Health System, where he gets to put his interest in AI/machine...
March 27, 2025
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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 advisor before she...
February 27, 2025
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Written by Ian Anson, associate professor of political science, UMBC With the 2024 U.S. election over and done with, political analysts and both major parties are already turning their...
February 26, 2025
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When Johnny Olszewski walks the halls of the Longworth House Office Building across the street from the Capitol dome, he stands head and shoulders above most of his peers. And while his height may...
February 24, 2025
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Written by John Rennie Short, professor emeritus of public policy, UMBC Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. cities are still adjusting to a new normal, with more...
February 20, 2025
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Making assumptions is a habit of life, a way to speed up decisions. Sometimes these mental short-cuts, however, lead us astray. Such was the situation when Lorenz Kopp, an engineering...
February 18, 2025
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Meet Rylee Kennedy ’21, geography and environmental studies. By day, Rylee works as a marketing coordinator at Vanguard Building Solutions. However, it’s when she clocks out that the real fun...
February 13, 2025
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Written by Ming Xie, assistant professor of emergency health management and public health systems, UMBC. Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and the U.S. has no...
February 10, 2025
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