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UMBC’s Haleemat Adekoya receives prestigious Truman Scholarship for education advocacy
Haleemat Adekoya ‘23, political science, received a surprise phone call last Tuesday morning. On the line were both UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski and Valerie Sheares Ashby, who just one day...
Posted: April 14, 2022, 11:36 AM
UMBC’s Farah Helal, longtime student advocate, is named USM student regent
“Educators genuinely want what is best for their students,” says Farah Helal ’24, the newly appointed 2022 University System of Maryland (USM) student regent. “Student representatives provide...
Posted: April 5, 2022, 1:17 PM
UMBC’s 2021 grads advance research with public impact—from disaster response to assistive tech
Students from across all of UMBC’s colleges and schools are graduating this week having taken advantage of the unique undergraduate research opportunities and supportive mentorship UMBC offers....
Posted: May 20, 2021, 3:02 PM
Doing their homework: Graduating Retrievers use internships to jumpstart their careers
When the time came to start her college career, Sondheim Scholar Viviana Angelini ‘21 traded in the palm trees of Florida for all things Baltimore at UMBC. She had taken some classes at a local...
Posted: May 19, 2021, 4:13 PM
The Carnegie Foundation honors UMBC as a leading community-engaged university
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has honored UMBC with its distinguished Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. This classification acknowledges UMBC faculty, staff,...
Posted: January 29, 2020, 8:50 PM
Meet six Retrievers who went from internship to career success with UMBC Career Center support
Decades after the start of the internship boom, internships continue to be invaluable for both undergraduate and graduate students. As UMBC students demonstrate, gaining real-world experience and...
Posted: September 13, 2019, 3:16 PM
Six Baltimore City Schools in UMBC Math Project partnership see math test score gains
Newly released Maryland PARCC test results reveal that Baltimore City schools partnering with UMBC have seen dramatic growth in student math performance. The Baltimore Sun has called this trend...
Posted: September 3, 2019, 4:14 PM
“Appreciate the differences”: How study abroad shaped four UMBC student experiences
Many students come to UMBC with the goal of leaving the familiar behind to take on new challenges and gain a fresh perspective. Once they’re on campus, that’s also what inspires some Retrievers to...
Posted: May 20, 2019, 6:25 PM
Evan Avila is named a Truman Scholar, the fourth in UMBC history
“I want to pursue a career in economics to inform policy that can dismantle structural barriers to economic equality for immigrant communities,” says Evan Avila a junior majoring in economics and...
Posted: April 11, 2019, 8:39 PM
UMBC’s Maheen Haq receives 2019 Newman Civic Fellowship, affirming the importance of supporting local and global communities facing discrimination
Whether she’s in Jordan or Baltimore, UMBC’s Maheen Haq brings a deep sense of duty to her work with communities facing discrimination. Now, Haq ‘20, global studies and economics, a Sondheim...
Posted: March 20, 2019, 1:00 PM
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