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Alumni Awards highlight profound impact, drive, and commitment of UMBC alumni and faculty
The UMBC community gathered in the Linehan Concert Hall on October 6 for a moving ceremony to honor the profound impacts and achievements of nine outstanding Retrievers at the 2016 UMBC Alumni...
Posted: October 14, 2016, 8:36 PM
NSF provides $5 million to UMBC-led LSAMP program to support students from underrepresented groups in STEM
UMBC is the lead institution on a $5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that provides additional funds for the University System of Maryland Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority...
Posted: October 5, 2016, 4:50 PM
Maryland Public Television highlights UMBC’s 50 years of growth and achievement
In a half-century, UMBC has graduated more than 70,000 people, and the university’s alumni have gone on to rewarding and impactful careers in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and STEM. “That...
Posted: September 27, 2016, 8:28 PM
Stoop stories offer a glimpse into UMBC’s first days and rich history
On September 19, 1966, 750 freshmen arrived at UMBC and began taking classes in one of three building that made up the campus. Fifty years later, community members gathered together to share their...
Posted: September 26, 2016, 2:41 PM
UMBC “turns golden” and kicks off 50th anniversary year with first week of celebrations
UMBC celebrated the start of its 50th anniversary year with a high energy Welcome Week greeting 2,800 new students and with a landmark newspaper headline: “A Catonsville university turns golden.”...
Posted: September 8, 2016, 4:49 PM
The Daily Record on UMBC at 50: A national leader in teaching and innovation
UMBC began with 750 students walking to class on paths of wooden planks connecting three buildings. There were no dorms. Most of the professors were fresh out of graduate school, and, like their...
Posted: August 10, 2016, 3:00 PM
Washington Post and WAMU call on Jeffrey Halverson to explain causes of devastating Ellicott City flood
The devastating flash flood that hit Ellicott City, Maryland, last Saturday night was so severe that meteorologists called it a once-in-a-thousand-years event. What conditions colluded to...
Posted: August 5, 2016, 4:00 PM
Savoy Magazine honors UMBC’s national leadership in inclusive excellence
Savoy Magazine’s new “Power 300” summer issue highlights UMBC’s “inclusive excellence and STEM innovation at 50” in a vivid five-page education feature. UMBC is “a campus deeply committed to...
Posted: August 2, 2016, 8:51 PM
UMBC leaders call for community support and reflection in response to recent acts of violence
In response to the tragic events in Louisiana, Minnesota, and Texas last week, and ongoing acts of hatred and violence across the country and around the world, President Freeman Hrabowski and...
Posted: July 12, 2016, 9:03 PM
UMBC community gathers to remember victims of Orlando shooting
“Love—that is what brought us here today, the hope that we can all live freely, without judgement, without discrimination, and without fear.” Jessica Hammond, senior associate athletic director,...
Posted: June 29, 2016, 5:29 PM
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