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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...

Posted: December 8, 2023, 9:06 AM

Grab a Seat at the Table

These days, it’s tempting to grow numb to the polarization of society and the breakdown in public discourse and to retreat into our silos of solidarity. But a liberal arts education has the...

Posted: November 15, 2023, 2:07 PM

Squaring the Circle: The Powerful Art of Hadieh Shafie

The most recent artworks by Hadieh Shafie, M.F.A. ’04, intermedia and digital arts, appear like optical illusions, tricks. Tightly stacked lines of colored pencil suddenly twist and warp into...

Posted: June 14, 2023, 2:01 PM

Sparking History at The Peale

The commonly-told histories of the American Civil War don’t usually include any Asian stories, although Asian Americans were certainly engaged with the war to end slavery. “Thomas Sylvanus...

Posted: August 11, 2022, 2:16 PM

SPARK IV: A New World?

With galleries and exhibition spaces off limits because of the pandemic, it’s been a tough year for artists and art lovers alike. But now, UMBC artists are once again in the limelight at the...

Posted: May 4, 2021, 11:37 PM

No Artist Stands Alone

Lockdown, quarantine, shelter in place—a new vocabulary defines this period of our lives that requires us to maintain space to protect one another. Alone, we spend our time consuming or creating...

Posted: November 20, 2020, 4:24 PM

Career Q&A: Melissa Penley Cormier, M.F.A. ’17

Every so often, we chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. By day, Melissa Penley Cormier, M.F.A ’17, intermedia + digital arts (IMDA), helps faculty and students at UMBC...

Posted: November 3, 2020, 7:38 PM