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Learning from Ellicott City
In the aftermath of two “1000-year” floods in three years, can experts, officials, and residents agree on a way to prevent the next big one while preserving this historic town? By Sarah Hansen...
Posted: June 17, 2019, 7:32 PM
An Ounce of Prevention
Recovery from the flooding in Ellicott City has been long and difficult, and communities have often been left with more questions than answers. UMBC Magazine sat down with experts in public policy...
Posted: June 17, 2019, 7:20 PM
Ellicott City: A Timeline of Resilience
1772 ⬗ Since its founding in 1772, Ellicott City “has come in for an inordinate amount of disasters from floods, fires and railroad wrecks,” wrote Fred Rasmussen in The Baltimore Sun in 2012....
Posted: June 17, 2019, 7:12 PM
Hearts and Minds: Katelyn Niu and Kevin Yang
In the fall of 2003, Kevin Yang ’07 computer science and financial economics and Katelyn Niu ’05, biochemistry, found themselves in the same physics study group. But their relationship began to...
Posted: April 15, 2014, 2:11 PM