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From UMBC News and Magazine

Baltimore City hometown recruits shine bright

The Best of Baltimore Grant, a UMBC initiative started in fall 2025, is changing how students from Baltimore City imagine college: not as a distant possibility overshadowed by debt, but as a...

Posted: June 23, 2026, 4:18 PM

How to make a (really) strong magnet

Magnets often attract curious minds. Einstein told of his profound sense of hidden order after witnessing the invisible forces of the Earth’s magnetic field guide the needle of a compass. For...

Posted: June 15, 2026, 2:54 PM

Business—not as usual

At UMBC, entrepreneurship transcends a traditional business education: It empowers scientists, artists, and technologists to transform their expertise into real-world impact. Through business...

Posted: June 12, 2026, 11:42 AM

UMBC Class of 2026: Ready to contribute their voices

With full hearts and eyes fixed on the future, the UMBC Class of 2026 stepped across the stage last week, crossing the threshold into life’s next chapter. Surrounded by family, friends, and...

Posted: May 26, 2026, 11:51 AM

Revealing galactic history with cosmic rays

What if we could peer back in time to understand how our galaxy was built—one exploding star at a time? When massive stars reach the end of their lives, they don’t go quietly. They explode in...

Posted: May 21, 2026, 3:17 PM