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From UMBC News and Magazine

Leaders in Teaching – Alumni Award Winners Raise the Bar

When La Jerne Terry Cornish first started classes at UMBC, her son was two years old, she was teaching full-time, and she had to drive 45 minutes to get to campus.  The journey was never easy....

Posted: October 1, 2019, 1:53 PM

World View — Ryan Monroe, M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’06

By Caitlin James ’01 When asked how the Peace Corps has changed in the past 35 years, Ryan Monroe, M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’06, reflects thoughtfully. As the current director of programming and training...

Posted: September 23, 2019, 4:22 PM

Part-Time Novelist Wins New York Times Praise

If you saw a senior engineering student sitting on a bench on Academic Row, furiously typing away on his laptop, you might assume he was working on a lab report or a capstone presentation. If that...

Posted: September 13, 2019, 7:33 PM

2019 Alumni Awards Announced

Now in its 31st year of celebration, UMBC’s annual Alumni Awards honor graduates who have accomplished significant milestones throughout a long career as well as those who inspire us with...

Posted: August 12, 2019, 12:58 PM

The Man Behind the MCAC

Tucked away in the basement of the Meyerhoff Chemistry Building lies a hidden gem. The Molecular Characterization and Analysis Complex (MCAC) houses a group of self-proclaimed nerds analyzing...

Posted: August 8, 2019, 7:26 PM