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Meet a Retriever–Keisha Hale, M.A. ’20, Hurricane Katrina survivor, educator, researcher, and author
Meet Keisha Hale, M.A.’20, applied sociology. Keisha is an educator, researcher, and author. In 2025, she published We Weather the Storm: A Poetry Memoir of Survival and Healing, inspired by her...
Posted: July 15, 2026, 9:27 AM
Eight Retrievers awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Eight UMBC students and alumni have been awarded the prestigious 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP), a highly competitive honor that supports outstanding graduate...
Posted: April 24, 2026, 1:34 PM
Meet a Retriever—Maggie Williams ’24, physics, Quantum Science Institute Graduate Fellow
Maggie Williams ’24, physics, is a second-year physics Ph.D. student, a Quantum Science Institute (QSI) Graduate Fellow, and an officer in the Physics Graduate Student Association (PGSA). In her...
Posted: November 5, 2025, 11:55 AM
Meet Corey Carter ’08, M.A.T. ’10—Cultivating community and supporting teachers through the Sherman Scholars Program
Meet Corey Carter ’08, M.A.T. ’10, an award-winning educator, lifelong learner, and the director of the Sherman Scholars Program in the George and Betsy Sherman Center. He takes pride in meeting...
Posted: October 30, 2025, 9:26 AM
Engineering confidence—Outstanding Faculty recipient and triple alum Jamie Gurganus is a persistent advocate for students
“There’s a little engineer in all of us. Because the truth is you’re iterating all the time. You’re failing, but you’re learning from those awesome failures.” Jamie Gurganus ’04, M.S. ’11,...
Posted: October 27, 2025, 5:01 PM
Who is AI for? Eric Stokan receives USM professorship to address barriers and promote AI equity for students and faculty
For tech-savvy individuals like Eric Stokan, artificial intelligence, programming languages, and open-source software are powerful tools that can turn once-impossible ideas into reality....
Posted: October 9, 2025, 5:19 PM
Porter named new vice provost and dean of UMBC Graduate School
The following message was shared with the UMBC community on April 15 to announce the naming of a new vice provost and dean of the Graduate School: * * * * * Dear UMBC Community, I...
Posted: April 16, 2025, 1:37 PM
Meet a Retriever—Michael Brazda ’06, M.A. ’08, and Ph.D. ’24, an adjunct professor and advocate for virtual lifelong learning
Meet Michael Brazda ’06, anthropology, M.A. ’08, applied sociology, and Ph.D. ’24, gerontology, an adjunct professor who is passionate about both asynchronous and synchronous online learning....
Posted: February 3, 2025, 12:53 PM
Partnership with biotech giant Genentech benefits UMBC graduate students
UMBC doctoral students are reaping the benefits of an innovative partnership between UMBC and biotech leader Genentech. In year three of a five-year program, sixstudents have received financial...
Posted: June 25, 2024, 3:46 PM
Career Q&A: Melissa Penley Cormier, M.F.A. ’17
Every so often, we chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. By day, Melissa Penley Cormier, M.F.A ’17, intermedia + digital arts (IMDA), helps faculty and students at UMBC...
Posted: November 3, 2020, 7:38 PM
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