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“Don’t be afraid”—Doctoral student Demetrie Garner ’23, public health, and M.P.P ’25, overcame decades of opioid abuse disorder to serve as an overdose response expert
When Demetrie Garner moved from Maryland’s Eastern Shore to Baltimore, he found a wealth of opportunities in Baltimore, a strong spiritual practice, and a supportive network of friends and family....
Posted: July 2, 2026, 8:45 AM
Baltimore City hometown recruits shine bright
The Best of Baltimore Grant, a UMBC initiative started in fall 2025, is changing how students from Baltimore City imagine college: not as a distant possibility overshadowed by debt, but as a...
Posted: June 23, 2026, 4:18 PM
Finley Bandy ’26 finds a future in history
Finley Bandy spent last summer in the cool temperatures and dim light of UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery Special Collections—the perfect environment to preserve rare books, photographs,...
Posted: May 12, 2026, 3:44 PM
UMBC student entrepreneurs win funding from the 2026 Pava LePere Innovation Awards
Two student-led UMBC start-ups have been selected to receive 2026 Pava LePere Innovation Awards, granting them $50,000 each from the state of Maryland to support their business, as well as access...
Posted: March 3, 2026, 1:09 PM
Submersive Subversive Art
While many know that Charm City is home to the wizard of weird himself, John Waters, along with the quirky American Visionary Art Museum, poodle skirts, and flamingos galore, most probably don’t...
Posted: December 4, 2025, 2:42 PM
UMBC and Building STEPs partner to help Baltimore City high school students reach their potential in STEM
Boing! Bouncy balls strike the hallway floor as small groups of students measure bounce heights with a meterstick and record data. They repeat the test in a carpeted classroom, then analyze...
Posted: August 1, 2025, 12:07 PM
Magaly Lizama Hernandez ’26, a burgeoning public servant, receives the inaugural Bernard L. Berkowitz Memorial Award, honoring service to Baltimore City
Growing up in Bronx, New York, almost a century ago, Bernard “Bernie” L. Berkowitz, a first-generation son of Hungarian immigrants, may not have realized then that his life would take him beyond...
Posted: June 18, 2025, 3:34 PM
Multiplying community connections: UMBC math and stat and the Ingenuity Project at a Baltimore high school forge thriving STEM partnership
On Wednesday, May 21, more than 300 high school students from the high school Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly), family members, teachers, and faculty and staff from area universities filled...
Posted: May 29, 2025, 10:25 AM
ICARE Day celebrates 5 years of environmental research, community partnerships
Since fall 2021, UMBC’s Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment (ICARE) has supported master’s students pursuing environmental science research related to Baltimore...
Posted: May 19, 2025, 12:13 PM
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
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