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Caring for Each Other—and Ourselves
This week, Erin Weeks will graduate from UMBC with a degree in biology, a minor in psychology, and her mind set on the next steps of her career. She will also be closing out one of the most...
Posted: May 19, 2021, 3:07 PM
UMBC announces return to vibrant on-campus community for Fall 2021
This week, UMBC announced plans to reopen the campus for the Fall 2021 semester, providing most courses and campus services face-to-face or in a hybrid format. “I cannot wait to walk across...
Posted: March 30, 2021, 6:27 PM
Each journey unique: UMBC students complete their degrees after returning mid-pandemic
For some fall 2020 graduates, the day they finish their final class won’t look much different from any other day of working and studying from home—they’re saving their celebration for when they...
Posted: December 15, 2020, 9:10 PM
UMBC’s newest arts grads forge ahead with creative work, despite a year apart
As the pandemic surged across the country last spring, university arts venues closed their doors, but that didn’t stop UMBC artists from creating. Without the traditional opportunities for...
Posted: December 15, 2020, 2:13 AM
Showing up for the season
Daniel Akin sat out most of his sophomore year of basketball due to a torn meniscus. When the pandemic hit last spring, he worried his senior season would be lost, as well. So, when he found out...
Posted: November 17, 2020, 3:38 PM
Retrievers focus on community to prepare for a fall semester unlike any before
Five months after moving classes online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UMBC community is preparing for a fall semester unlike any before. UMBC has been gradually transitioning to limited...
Posted: August 20, 2020, 6:55 PM
Alumna Leads Team to Breakthrough Coronavirus Vaccine Results
Clinical trials seeking a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 are galloping forward around the world, and Kizzmekia Corbett and Barney Graham’s research team at the National Institute of Allergy and...
Posted: August 6, 2020, 6:03 PM
Two UMBC student teams win USM COVID-19 app challenge
Earlier this summer, the University System of Maryland (USM) COVID-19 Task Force invited members of the USM community to develop mobile apps that would help Maryland residents respond to the...
Posted: July 29, 2020, 2:35 PM
UMBC and Baltimore’s Lakeland Elementary/Middle School launch innovative online summer math program
UMBC’s Sherman STEM Teacher Scholars Program has launched an intensive virtual math incubator for Lakeland Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore City this summer. The free, voluntary five-week...
Posted: July 24, 2020, 6:55 PM
Alumni Business Q&A: Precise Software Solutions
UMBC alumni businesses are doing what they can to stay strong and build community during these troubled times. UMBC Magazine will be publishing occasional interviews with alumni business owners to...
Posted: July 10, 2020, 2:37 PM
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