“Roman poets were a lot like rappers,” observes Joseph Howley ’06, ancient studies, who is an assistant professor of classics at Columbia University. It’s the kind of observation – presented as an...
April 22, 2015
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Vote for UMBC to represent the US
HueBots*, a team of four UMBC undergraduates, is competing in the US Finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup in San Francisco. As one of four finalists in the games competition, they're getting a full...
April 22, 2015
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Computers can crunch mind-boggling arrays of data. They can even win quiz shows. But are there more powerful applications of this analytical power yet to come? Claudia Pearce ’89 M.S., ’94 Ph.D.,...
April 22, 2015
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The magical run to the NCAA Final Four by the UMBC’s men’s soccer team this past fall got two of our alumni – Brian Hodges ’07 and ’10, M.A., who played varsity basketball, and Miguel Calderon...
April 22, 2015
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Road Warriors The entire UMBC campus – and a Retriever Nation of alumni and fans – was excited by the men’s soccer team’s splendid run to the Final Four of college soccer. The team startled...
April 22, 2015
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By Andrew Myers From the Apple Watch to Fitbit, the rage in technology these days is all about wearable, touchable devices. Tech gurus and cutting-edge engineers talk of a day when all the many...
April 22, 2015
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Tyson King-Meadows has forged a career examining the implementation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act – and helping a new generation of political scientists emerge from UMBC. By David Glenn Signing...
April 22, 2015
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Naval Academy and UMBC to Collaborate on Cyber Projects and Education U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Ted Carter signed a Cooperative Research Acquisition and Development Agreement...
April 22, 2015
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Am I really hungry or am I ......?
Sometimes we turn to food not because we are physically hungry, but because something is “eating us” emotionally. Many of us were taught that food can “soothe a mood,” and that by eating something...
April 22, 2015
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UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III takes your questions. UMBC and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), have a longstanding …
April 22, 2015
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