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Cangialosi '96, English, Aims To Help Start Up Start-Ups

Baltimore entrepreneur Greg Cangialosi ’96, English, has set his sights on helping new tech companies take off and fly. The founder of Blue Sky Factory, a tech marketing firm Cangialosi founded...

Posted: December 14, 2011, 3:30 PM

Alumni Help Judge UMBC Idea Competition

The Commons SportsZone was packed last month as finalists in UMBC’s 3rd annual Idea Competition — a bi-annual contest of entrepreneurial prowess — made their presentations to a panel of alumni...

Posted: December 5, 2011, 6:35 PM

Mayhew '10, MFA, Receives Fulbright to Iceland

Jaimes Mayhew ’10, MFA in imaging and digital arts, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Iceland, where he will spend the next nine months working on a social practice art...

Posted: December 5, 2011, 2:24 PM

UMBC Athletic Hall of Fame to Induct Nine New Members

The largest class is the history of the UMBC Athletic Hall of Fame will be inducted on Saturday, February 4, 2012. The honorees are Dr. Charles Brown (Director of Athletics 1989-current), Jen...

Posted: November 29, 2011, 8:36 PM

Tim Perkins '97, EHS, Interviews UMBC Prof on Podcast

In the November issue of his monthly podcast, “The EMS Squadcast,” Emergency Health Services alumnus Tim Perkins ’97 interviewed UMBC paramedic program director Dwight Polk about Polk’s recent EMS...

Posted: November 22, 2011, 7:33 PM

UMBC Featured on 60 Minutes

After many months of filming on campus, “60 Minutes” featured UMBC on its program this past Sunday. What’s the bad news? It’s all too familiar: the United States continues to graduate too few...

Posted: November 14, 2011, 8:02 PM

CS Alumnus Helps Develop Apple's Newest Technology

If you were among the millions who bought the new iPhone 4S, then you can thank Dr. Harry Chen, the UMBC alumnus who helped develop the phone’s most notable new feature: Siri. For those not...

Posted: November 11, 2011, 2:21 PM

Amanda Gunther '09 is Your Guide to the Theatre

Amanda Gunther is a writer for the Maryland Theatre Guide. According to Gunther, “writing for the Maryland Theatre Guide will give her a chance to pursue her passion of the theatre and will...

Posted: October 27, 2011, 9:04 PM