Located in the Retriever Activities Center, University of Maryland Orthopedics at UMBC offers orthopedic care to both UMBC students and the surrounding community. The state-of-the-art facility features multiple exam rooms and advanced medical technology. Services are available to all members of the UMBC community—including students, faculty, staff, and their families.
Comprehensive orthopedic treatment for various conditions, including:
Concussion management
Foot and ankle care
Fracture treatment
Pediatric orthopedics
Podiatry
Shoulder and elbow care
Sports medicine
Monday–Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Retriever Activities Center Suite 201
To schedule an appointment, please fill out the Orthopedic Appointment Form or call 410-448-6400 for orthopedic services, physical therapy, and occupational therapy.
Tomorrow Tuesday May 13th, and Wednesday May 28th from 2-4pm: Pro bono lawyers will be available to offer free legal advice to all students! This is a fantastic opportunity for students who are seeking guidance on leases, tenant rights, and other related legal matters. For questions, contact Dr. Griselda Flores at gflores@umbc.edu. Be sure to follow Retriever Support Services on MyUMBC to stay up to date.
Two rooms in a fully furnished townhouse are available to rent.
Donuts with Dr. Kersh.
Jaina Peveto, of Severna Park, MD was recently selected as one of two recipients of the 2025 Undergraduate Research Award from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 022BC-University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Each spring, the chapter's awards committee selects two applicants to receive $500 each for this prestigious honor on the recommendation of the Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) Committee.
Jaina was selected by the awards committee for their innovative research abstract and strong letter of support from their mentor, Jason Loviglio.
Jaina Peveto, Media and Communication Studies and English
Mentor: Jason Loviglio, Media and Communication Studies
Title of Research: Authorship And Creativity In Dungeons And Dragons
Abstract: Dungeons and Dragons is a game that encourages collaborative storytelling between players and a dungeon master (a DM). The players create characters and bring them to life, while the DM sets up the rest of the story world, including things like the setting of the game, the plot hooks the players will follow, and the non-player characters that the player characters can interact with. Creativity is at the core of the game and has been to varying degrees throughout each of its incarnations. I will discuss how Dungeons and Dragons create a space for creativity, and how players utilize that. I will also explore whether adding constraints such as using pre-created official modules creates opportunities for variations on a theme, or if there is less room for creativity because creative work was already previously done by an outside source. This work could inform parents of children who play D&D and creators in other media who are interested in inspiring creativity and what affects people’s passion for storytelling and imaginative play.
More About Phi Kappa Phi
Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. The Society's mission is "To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others." Since its founding, more than 1.5 million members have been initiated. Some of the organization's more notable members include former President Jimmy Carter, NASA astronaut Wendy Lawrence, novelist John Grisham and YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley. Each year, Phi Kappa Phi awards nearly $1 million to qualifying students and members through graduate fellowships, undergraduate study abroad grants, member and chapter awards, and grants for local and national literacy initiatives. For more information about Phi Kappa Phi, visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org.
More About Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 22BC
Chartered in 2010, Chapter 22BC invites the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors for membership in Phi Kappa Phi. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
]]>Anderson Rivas, of Silver Spring, MD was recently selected as one of two recipients of the 2025 Undergraduate Research Award from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 022BC-University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Each spring, the chapter's awards committee selects two applicants to receive $500 each for this prestigious honor on the recommendation of the Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) Committee.
Anderson was selected by the awards committee for their innovative research abstract and strong letter of support from their mentor, Herana Kamal Seneviratne.
Anderson Rivas, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Herana Kamal Seneviratne, Chemistry
Title of Research: Understanding Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity Using Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics
Abstract: Doxorubicin (DOX) is a first-line chemotherapeutic agent effective against various cancers. However, its clinical administration is constrained by dose-dependent cardiotoxicity. The heart primarily relies on fatty acid oxidation for energy, demonstrating the role of lipid metabolism in cardiac homeostasis. Furthermore, DOX is known to disrupt cellular metabolism, however the connection between DOX-induced cardiotoxicity (DIC) and lipid metabolism remains understudied. We hypothesize that DOX-induced lipid metabolism alterations contribute to DIC. Using a mouse model, we investigated DOX-induced alterations in lipid metabolizing proteins. Eight-week old female C57BL/6 mice were dosed with 15 mg/kg DOX, conferring acute DIC, or vehicle. Body weights were monitored and hearts harvested seven days after treatments. Heart slices underwent cryosectioning, protein extraction, digestion, and proteomics analysis via nano-HPLC and timsTOF mass spectrometry. Data were analyzed by PEAKS Studio to identify detected proteins and their intensities. Proteins with at least a 1.5 times fold change between control and DOX-treated groups were investigated for lipid metabolism involvement. DOX downregulated Acyl carrier protein, mitochondrial, ATP-citrate synthase, Prostaglandin E synthase 2, and Methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase, mitochondrial, while upregulating Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase family member 11. DOX-treated mice also demonstrated body weight reduction. These data reveal that DOX modulates the above lipid metabolizing proteins.
More About Phi Kappa Phi
Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. The Society's mission is "To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others." Since its founding, more than 1.5 million members have been initiated. Some of the organization's more notable members include former President Jimmy Carter, NASA astronaut Wendy Lawrence, novelist John Grisham and YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley. Each year, Phi Kappa Phi awards nearly $1 million to qualifying students and members through graduate fellowships, undergraduate study abroad grants, member and chapter awards, and grants for local and national literacy initiatives. For more information about Phi Kappa Phi, visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org.
More About Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 22BC
Chartered in 2010, Chapter 22BC invites the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors for membership in Phi Kappa Phi. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
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The Commons : 308
Come join us for our last Free Coffee Monday of the semester! We're in Commons 308 from 10am-2pm, stop by for your fresh cup! While supplies last.
Curated and designed by CADVC Exhibitions Designer and Coordinator Andrew Liang, with curatorial assistance from IMDA MFA student Mariia Usova, this exhibition presents the broad and dynamic scope of senior undergraduate student work within the UMBC Visual Arts Department. The exhibition is open May 13-25.Images: Some images may only visible in the MyUMBC Groups application.
From top: Collis Donadio, "Conflux Variation," video still, 2025 Courtesy of the artists (A barren landscape with dark piles of rocks and soil under a blue sky with scattered clouds), "Visual Arts Senior Exhibition 2025"
About the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture (CADVC)
CADVC is a College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences research center and art gallery that produces scholarship, publications, and experimental engagements in the fields of art, design, and visual culture.
All CADVC programs are free and open to the public for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.
Visitor Information
The CADVC is located on the first floor of UMBC’s Fine Arts Building. Admission to the gallery and public programs is free. Daytime metered parking is available in several nearby visitor parking areas. Please visit here for additional information.
If you need accommodations at one of our in-person events or to experience an exhibition or access online content, please contact us as soon as possible.
Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture, UMBC
1000 Hilltop Circle, Fine Arts Building 105, Baltimore, MD 21250
Gallery Hours
Sun-Mon, closed
Tues-Wed, 12-5 pm
Thurs-Sat, 10-5 pm
cadvc@umbc.edu | (410) 455-3188
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
1) CLDR 410/610 -- Places and Placemaking, with Joby Taylor (8/27 - 9/24)
Places and Placemaking will be a 1 credit class designed to support students in cultivating a strong sense of place and developing leadership skills and experience in the practice of placemaking. The class will meet weekly for 2.5hr sessions for 5 weeks (1 credit time equivalent), mixing synchronous seminar style instruction with outdoor in person sessions. Students will critically explore theoretical and applied perspectives about the key concept of “place” through seminar style discussions, written reflections, and individual projects. Human beings charge the world with meaning and power, and as culture scholar Clifford Geertz reminds us “No one lives in the world in general...Everybody lives in some confined and limited stretch of it—the world around here.” Taking that as our jumping off point for a hands-on skill-based class, the majority of the course will engage students in in-person local outings (and complementary virtual outings) that draw upon historical/cultural background narratives, current social dynamics, and community member perspectives to develop their own sense of place and gain an informed understanding of the ongoing local struggle for meaning and positive community change in our Baltimore area. After participating in initial instructor-designed and led place-based outings, students will then design, develop, and present their own place-based outing for the class. Students will leave the course with skills for developing a vibrant and nuanced sense of place, and leadership tools for facilitating that powerful sense of place and placemaking in others in their classrooms, communities, or workplaces.