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From UMBC News and Magazine

Twenty UMBC Memories from 2020

As we prepare to close the book on 2020, we want to take a look back at some of UMBC’s most important chapters from this past year. Here are our top 20 top memories from 2020: COVID-19...

Posted: December 23, 2020, 7:29 PM

An Act of Kindness Inspires a Legacy

In 1977, Ricardo Zwaig was nine credits away from completing his degree in Spanish at UMBC. Instead of working toward graduation, he had dropped out and was working at a pharmacy near campus,...

Posted: December 18, 2020, 10:10 PM

Making a Path to Mentorship

When Ashwag Alasmari, M.S. ’15, Ph.D. ’21, information systems, was pursuing her undergraduate degree in Saudi Arabia, she was breaking new ground in many ways. The computer science department at...

Posted: December 18, 2020, 5:10 PM

Supporting Our Entrepreneurs

Want to grab a drink at a brewery with ecological stewardship in mind? Looking for a vet to visit your pets at home? Feel like posting a fantastical color-changing cup of tea (with cotton candy on...

Posted: December 16, 2020, 6:40 PM

Shop Talk

One of the undeniable benefits of UMBC’s relative youth is access to founding members of the institution and other individuals who’ve played a foundational role in shaping the University. What...

Posted: December 16, 2020, 4:20 PM

Call & Response

In a recent essay, UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski notes, “In difficult times, we come to know who we are.” Never has that been more true than this year or at this point in our nation’s history....

Posted: December 8, 2020, 1:56 PM

Finding Joy in the Classroom

“Why are chemists so great at solving problems?” Theresa Bruce ’09, asks her eighth grade social studies class at KIPP Harmony. Her corny joke elicits no verbal responses but doesn’t go unanswered...

Posted: December 7, 2020, 2:14 PM

On Thin Ice

For UMBC alum Nathan Kurtz, the only thing scarier than a surprise visit from a polar bear is a melting ice cap.  When the Polarstern set sail from northern Norway in September 2019, it was...

Posted: December 2, 2020, 7:30 PM