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From UMBC News and Magazine

Holding Down the Fort to Keep Students Connected

UMBC has begun planning for the fall and a gradual return to campus. See the Retrievers Return Roadmap here for the latest. Many things came up to an abrupt end on March 12. At UMBC, students...

Posted: April 24, 2020, 9:29 PM

The Power of Music

When junior Linehan Artist Scholar Etai Fuchs heard about the economic devastation the COVID-19 pandemic was wreaking on the music industry, he knew he needed to respond. And as a music technology...

Posted: April 23, 2020, 9:18 PM

UMBC Makers Shift Gears to Pitch In

As the world battles COVID-19 and all of the levels of health and economic uncertainty that entails, it can be difficult to find ways of helping out on an individual basis (beyond staying home,...

Posted: April 14, 2020, 11:49 PM

Alumni Business Q&A: Interrobang Theatre Company

UMBC alumni businesses are doing what they can to stay strong and build community during these troubled times. UMBC Magazine will be publishing occasional interviews with alumni business owners to...

Posted: April 9, 2020, 8:32 PM

Perspective: An American Artist in Italy

Leah Clare Michaels is a Baltimore native, artist, activist, historian, and surfer. She earned her M.F.A. in Intermedia and Digital Arts from UMBC in 2019 and her B. A. in History from the...

Posted: April 6, 2020, 7:00 PM

Emergency Funds Help UMBC Students Stay Black and Gold

UMBC Senior Karina Martinez Last July, UMBC senior Karina Martinez’s world crashed down around her when an auto accident left her with two broken arms and a totaled car. In a matter of moments,...

Posted: April 3, 2020, 6:32 PM

Extraordinary Times and Extraordinary Community

March 20, 2020 Dear Members of the UMBC Community, Many are calling this period a defining moment for humankind, and history will judge us by how we respond. As the COVID-19 crisis...

Posted: March 21, 2020, 5:40 PM

UMBC Alumnae Racing to Develop Coronavirus Vaccine 

Kizzmekia Corbett ’08, M16, biological sciences, says it feels like she’s “living in a constant adrenaline rush.” Maybe that’s because she and her team at the Vaccine Research Center at the...

Posted: March 2, 2020, 10:41 PM