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Record-setting group of UMBC students explores global careers through Albrecht Fellowship
Eight UMBC students are spending part of their summer meeting business leaders, visiting Maryland companies, and getting a closer look at careers that connect the state to the rest of the world....
Posted: August 27, 2026, 2:39 PM
Zareen Taj earns her Ph.D., publishing the first autoethnography by a Hazara Afghan woman about the ongoing genocide of Hazara women under Taliban rule
This spring on Thursday evenings, students filled room 424 in the Fine Arts building for their Asian Diaspora in Motion: Media, Culture, Identity, and Activism class. At the head of the classroom...
Posted: May 5, 2026, 3:29 PM
Peace has long been elusive in rural Colombia – Black women’s community groups try to bring it closer each day
Written by Tania Lizarazo, associate professor of Latin American studies and global studies, UMBC It’s been almost nine years since Colombia celebrated a landmark peace agreement between one...
Posted: June 6, 2025, 11:30 AM
Public law for public good
On a fall Saturday morning, Mohammad Arshad, an information systems senior, greeted clients arriving at the Erickson School of Aging Studies looking for a fresh start with the help of UMBC’s first...
Posted: May 14, 2025, 2:48 PM
UMBC’s Ethics Bowl team earns spot in national championship two years in a row
UMBC’s Ethics Bowl team won third place at the 2024 Chesapeake Regional Ethics Bowl competition in December. The team competed at UMBC against 15 teams from the Mid-Atlantic region, all vying for...
Posted: January 13, 2025, 11:29 AM
Intercultural conversations: Exploring politics in a global context, even at home
Middle school sweethearts, Ellyn Fennema and Joseph Patarini came to UMBC to pursue global studies (her) and geography and environmental studies (him). Despite their busy schedules, they were able...
Posted: December 5, 2024, 3:51 PM
Robert Barry ’25 returns to Greece as a summer research assistant at an archaeological field school
For the last seven weeks, Robert Barry ’25, ancient studies and visual arts, worked in a trench under the sweltering 90-degree sun. It may sound grueling, but this is Barry’s second year working...
Posted: July 31, 2024, 4:35 PM
A Journey of Growth
International travel offers ample opportunities to stretch yourself—one minute you may be the expert and the next, completely clueless about how something works. Retrievers currently in the...
Posted: May 29, 2024, 2:32 PM
A Journey of Growth
International travel offers ample opportunities to stretch yourself—one minute you may be the expert and the next, completely clueless about how something works. Retrievers currently in the...
Posted: May 29, 2024, 2:32 PM
Meet a Retriever—Christian Jassani ’27, a first-year ambassador and active student leader
Meet Christian Jassani, a first-year political science and global studies major. Christian is a member of the Honors College, Susquehanna Community Council, Honors Council, and SGA. He has taken...
Posted: May 3, 2024, 11:42 AM
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