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Inaugural Maryland Arts Summit convenes at UMBC
On June 6–8, UMBC hosted the inaugural Maryland Arts Summit, co-organized the Maryland Citizens for the Arts, the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC), AEMS: Arts Education in Maryland Schools, and...
Posted: July 15, 2019, 7:03 PM
Alumna Appointed Maryland Secretary of Labor
UMBC’s own Tiffany Robinson ’97, political science, was appointed by Governor Larry Hogan as Maryland’s new Secretary of Labor on July 9. The appointment follows Robinson’s service to the state as...
Posted: July 12, 2019, 6:24 PM
Ellen Hemmerly Retires from UMBC after Leading bwtech for over 24 Years
One wall in Ellen Hemmerly’s office in bwtech@UMBC North is home to a large aerial photo of UMBC’s campus before bwtech was built in 1989; next to it is an image taken from a similar angle that...
Posted: June 27, 2019, 7:49 PM
Alumna Wins 2019 Young Entrepreneur of the Year
The Maryland Small Business Administration recently named UMBC alumna Samantha Walls ’12, psychology, the 2019 Young Entrepreneur of the Year for her outstanding work in growing her daycare...
Posted: June 27, 2019, 5:54 PM
Phage Hunters: Popular UMBC research program opens doors to biotech careers
Viet Dang ’18, biological sciences, originally imagined pursuing medical school after UMBC. But when he took the Phage Hunters course to fulfill his genetics requirement, that changed. “The Phage...
Posted: June 24, 2019, 9:03 PM
From Real Estate to Covert Agent
Most days, Steven O’Farrell ’92, economics, uses the left side of his brain. As a real estate appraiser, O’Farrell’s livelihood depends on his ability to construct well-written, compelling...
Posted: June 18, 2019, 1:11 PM
The Power of Community
One student’s story could appear to inspired onlookers as a meteoric rise: excelling from private school to lauded scholarship programs and landing an ivy school opportunity post-graduation. But...
Posted: June 17, 2019, 11:29 PM
Dreams Realized: Celebrating 30 Years of UMBC’s Meyerhoff Scholars Program
Thirty years ago, Baltimore philanthropist Robert E. Meyerhoff came to then-UMBC vice provost Freeman Hrabowski with the seed of an idea: to create a program that would enable all students,...
Posted: June 7, 2019, 11:02 PM
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
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