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Then & Now—Going on Tour
Sarah Darby regularly gets in thousands of steps walking backwards around campus. “I have never felt more burn in my legs. It’s like you’re using muscle groups that you don’t use when you walk...
Posted: November 21, 2025, 3:56 PM
One brick at a time
Brick making is an inherently pay-it-forward process, says Marian April Glebes, M.F.A. ’09, a conceptual and mixed-media artist. In the past 10 years of her Mobile Community Brick Factory &...
Posted: November 21, 2025, 2:32 PM
Pete Fitzpatrick, pediatric transport nurse, appointed to Maryland’s Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council
Pete Fitzpatrick ’96 completed his paramedic training in a speeding ambulance in West Baltimore over 30 years ago. It wasn’t the career he had envisioned, but after a friend gave him a textbook...
Posted: October 30, 2025, 3:48 PM
Michael Hunt ’06, Ph.D. ’25, Outstanding Staff award winner, lifts up students and builds community
When Shaniah Reece ’23, information systems, now a Ph.D. student in computer science at Emory University, was navigating her academic journey at UMBC, there were times she felt like giving up. One...
Posted: October 28, 2025, 4:03 PM
Engineering confidence—Outstanding Faculty recipient and triple alum Jamie Gurganus is a persistent advocate for students
“There’s a little engineer in all of us. Because the truth is you’re iterating all the time. You’re failing, but you’re learning from those awesome failures.” Jamie Gurganus ’04, M.S. ’11,...
Posted: October 27, 2025, 5:01 PM
Lighting the path: Jackie King’s unyielding vision
In the crisp autumn air, Jackie King laces up her running shoes, her white cane—affectionately named Amigo—tucked nearby. The UMBC alumna is training for the New York City Marathon. The effort...
Posted: October 24, 2025, 9:25 AM
The molecular storyteller: How Cameron Slayden ’99 advances science through animation
Inside the dark, swirling chaos of a cell, drama unfolds. A viral molecule, rendered in electric blue and menacing curves, attempts its invasion. A therapeutic compound swoops in to intercept it...
Posted: October 21, 2025, 3:53 PM
Rising Star Alumni Award recipient Courtney Culp ’20—working to bring her success into the community
Rising Star is a worthy award for alum and Linehan Artist Scholar Courtney Culp ’20. During her time at UMBC, Culp was both an athlete and an artist, playing Division 1 soccer and pursuing a...
Posted: October 21, 2025, 2:59 PM
Ripples of excellence: This Meyerhoff alumnus is expanding UMBC’s legacy
“I have been in your shoes.” Erwin Cabrera ’10, biological sciences, often finds himself sharing these words during monthly meetings for Stony Brook University’s Simons STEM Scholars. Some of the...
Posted: October 21, 2025, 2:44 PM
Mark Benesch catalyzes UMBC’s partnership with drug maker AstraZeneca
Mark Benesch and other AstraZeneca recruiters talk with students at the UMBC Career Fair in September. (Photo courtesy of Miriam Friedman) On a recent Wednesday in September, thousands of...
Posted: October 13, 2025, 12:10 PM
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