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From UMBC News and Magazine

How to Be Funny with Christine Ferrera

We all experience levels of humor in our lives. We may giggle at memes on social media, snarf quietly to ourselves when we spy someone make a goof at work, or fall on the floor laughing at the...

Posted: June 7, 2019, 2:41 PM

Choosing Her Own Adventure

Halfway through her senior year at UMBC, Naomi Mburu M26, ’18, chemical engineering, was named the very first Rhodes Scholar in university history. So, following Commencement, she packed her bags...

Posted: June 4, 2019, 6:44 PM

A Historian’s Journey to Finding Kate

For this UMBC-trained historian, a walk in the park led her on a 10-year journey to publishing her book Finding Kate. Author Meryl Carmel Driven by her passion for history with support from her...

Posted: June 4, 2019, 2:06 PM

It’s Not a Goodbye, It’s a “See You Later”

Commencement 2019—around 2,000 brilliant graduates destined to change the world, droves of mentors whose support made everything possible, and one tornado warning that tried to rain on our parade....

Posted: May 29, 2019, 4:42 PM

How Will You Distinguish Yourself?

Paul Raphael ’83, economics, posed this question to a group of students who gathered in the Fireside Lounge to mingle with the executive vice-chairman of the Swiss bank, UBS. When Paul Raphael...

Posted: May 16, 2019, 5:19 PM

Notable Retrievers: Jerome Adams ’97

JEROME ADAMS ’97 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Notable Achievement: U.S. Surgeon General Back in the ’90s, Jerome Adams was just a kid watching UMBC basketball games and making sure he...

Posted: April 23, 2019, 11:44 PM

Q&A: Grollman ’07 to Speak at 2019 URCAD

Next week, UMBC’s campus will burst with the excitement of discovery as more than 250 students from across all disciplines present their work at the annual Undergraduate Research and Creative...

Posted: April 17, 2019, 2:39 PM