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From UMBC News and Magazine
A season of change for UMBC’s Class of 2025
“As you step into the next stage of your journey—into this complex, technology-driven, and rapidly changing world—I want to challenge you to be an advocate for the irreplaceable value of human...
Posted: December 22, 2025, 1:13 PM
Students in the Center for Women in Technology succeed by lifting each other up—and are spreading the model around the world
Brazilian and UMBC students in front of a cultural center in Recife that they toured. (Photo courtesy of Seaman) Last summer, Kaila Hoskin, a junior computer science major, Celine Anong, a...
Posted: December 19, 2025, 4:59 PM
Strange Dance Partners
UMBC researchers are discovering building blocks of hand motions, aiming to improve physical therapy for humans and find better ways to program robots. They’re turning to a novel source material...
Posted: December 5, 2025, 4:55 PM
Office Hours—President Sheares Ashby and Petra Janka ’25 discuss student-led inclusive excellence
“You are a valued and important voice.” “UMBC cares and listens.” “The diversity on UMBC’s campus helps to bring out the best in everyone.” Along with an eye-catching color gradient, these words...
Posted: December 5, 2025, 2:35 PM
Building the Fourth Wall
Theatre magic isn’t magic at all—it’s the result of months of students conceiving, designing, and constructing the theatre set under the guidance of their mentors. Throughout various stages of the...
Posted: December 5, 2025, 12:00 PM
Submersive Subversive Art
While many know that Charm City is home to the wizard of weird himself, John Waters, along with the quirky American Visionary Art Museum, poodle skirts, and flamingos galore, most probably don’t...
Posted: December 4, 2025, 2:42 PM
Renaissance Retrievers
It was polymath Leonardo da Vinci who declared, “Learning never exhausts the mind,” a credo that propelled a rebirth of education with people seeking to master art, science, and invention in...
Posted: December 4, 2025, 2:31 PM
UMBC hosts 2025 IEEE Baltimore Technical Colloquium
On November 15, more than 120 engineering and computer science professionals and students convened on the UMBC campus for the 2025 IEEE Baltimore Technical Colloquium, co-sponsored this year by...
Posted: November 25, 2025, 2:27 PM
Chemical engineering professor Tyler Josephson chosen as Simons Foundation Pivot Fellow
Tyler Josephson, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, was selected as a 2025 Pivot Fellow by the Simons Foundation. The fellowships...
Posted: November 25, 2025, 2:24 PM
Retrievers gone global: 5 ways UMBC fosters international engagement
As International Education Week 2025 comes to a close, we’ve rounded up a few of the many ways Retrievers engage globally through their work and studies. Even though it has been a particularly...
Posted: November 25, 2025, 1:03 PM
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