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How to create a new world
In her day job as a vice president at the advanced technology company Booz Allen Hamilton, Catherine Ordun, Ph.D. ’23, information systems, leads teams of engineers working on far-out AI tech. In...
Posted: May 30, 2025, 3:01 PM
Meet a Retriever—Brandon Dudley ’04, teacher and author, who honed his passion for English at UMBC
Meet Brandon Dudley ’04, English. Since graduation, Brandon has pursued his passion for writing and teaching—skills he honed while at UMBC. For almost 20 years, Brandon has been teaching English,...
Posted: May 30, 2025, 3:00 PM
Meet a Retriever—Margaret Chisolm ’80, film student turned doctor turned author
Meet Margaret Chisolm ’80, visual arts with a concentration in film. After graduating from UMBC, Margaret was accepted into graduate school at NYU in cinema studies, but decided to go to medical...
Posted: May 30, 2025, 3:00 PM
Then & Now—Home Sweet Home
The Retriever Weekly announces the new dorms opening in 1970. (UMBC Special Collections) “Hey UMBC, and welcome to my crib!” That’s probably not verbatim what students said when UMBC’s first...
Posted: May 30, 2025, 9:57 AM
Community starts in the kitchen—Q&A with Ekiben’s Steve Chu ’12 and professor and author Mark Padoongpatt
The tantalizing aroma of food from everyone’s favorite UMBC alumni-founded restaurant, Ekiben, wafts through the air of the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery. People are drawn in by the steamed...
Posted: May 16, 2025, 10:51 AM
Meet a Retriever—Mariam Yaldram ’20, Alumni Board Member & Special Educator
Meet Mariam Yaldram ’20, history, a graduate from UMBC at the Universities at Shady Grove with a passion for education, disability justice, and global citizenship. She is a special education...
Posted: May 13, 2025, 8:54 AM
Roche Named Vice President for UMBC Office of Institutional Advancement
The following message was shared with the UMBC community on May 12 to announce the naming of a new vice president for UMBC’s Office of Institutional Advancement: * * * * * Dear UMBC...
Posted: May 12, 2025, 3:37 PM
Finding a lifetime of purpose in giving back
A bright yellow bead slides over a red pipe cleaner, then a blue bead followed by green. Soon, the rainbow of beads and wire is twisted this way and that until it resembles the Big Dipper. This...
Posted: May 6, 2025, 5:06 PM
Kelley Bell, M.F.A ’06, brings a sense of play to the BMA with “Fantastic Village”
When associate professor of visual arts Kelley Bell thinks back to her childhood growing up in the Capitol Hill area of Washington, D.C., she recalls fond memories of playing in her neighborhood...
Posted: April 25, 2025, 2:21 PM
Randi Williams ’16: AI technologist and education advocate headlines 2025 URCAD
Williams and a Jibo robot show some UMBC pride. (Photo courtesy of Williams) As a senior in high school in Prince George’s County, Maryland, Randi Williams ’16, computer engineering, was...
Posted: April 11, 2025, 2:34 PM
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