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Thyme to grow—UMBC’s Little Seed Library starts spreading its roots
Each plant, whether a small wild buttercup or a massive oak tree, starts out as seed—packed with potential to grow well beyond its original size. By this logic, The Garden’s new Little Seed...
Posted: June 22, 2026, 11:41 AM
Off-road thrills—faculty and staff try out the SAE Baja cars on Drive Day
In a sparsely wooded expanse just off Hilltop Circle, engines rev and dirt flies. Drivers whoop as they steer through trees, clear rocks, traverse ditches, and accelerate down steep hills. You...
Posted: November 13, 2025, 10:46 AM
The fellowship of the ring
Like most dads, Chris Burk immediately told his 10-year-old daughter that the object she was trying to fish out of Pig Pen Pond was probably trash. Emily was not to be deterred, and Burk said he...
Posted: May 19, 2025, 3:21 PM
The hills are alive with the sound of piano music
On a sunny October afternoon, a faint melody emerges from a stand of trees just beyond the Fine Arts Building and within hearing distance of the Performing Arts and Humanities Building. We leave...
Posted: December 9, 2024, 11:52 AM
PEZ—The Sweetest Hobby
Beware of crushes. Especially as a 10-year-old in 1995. They might lead to a lifelong hobby, rooms of your house dedicated to your collection, a quirky and supportive community, and even a spot in...
Posted: May 22, 2024, 12:16 PM
Journals help make sacred spaces
The benches in Beuys Sculpture Garden in the south part of campus are fitted with special shelves for the journals. (Marlayna Demond ’11/UMBC). It makes sense that in a space on campus...
Posted: December 18, 2023, 11:42 AM
Bird Brainiac
Elle Kreiner and Chicken. (Marlayna Demond ’11/UMBC) At UMBC, we welcome Retrievers of all stripes… and feathers. Spotted on campus recently enjoying student life is an 87-year-old yellow...
Posted: December 8, 2022, 3:19 PM
U Made the Best Choice
There are three things we find endlessly amusing: throwbacks to childhood, cutting things up, and attempting to predict the future. And there is one thing that magically combines it all: a paper...
Posted: January 20, 2022, 1:51 PM
Crossword Puzzle Genius (14 letters**)
When Andrew Beck ’21, individualized studies, was a kid playing his first Game Boy Advance puzzle platform game, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, he didn’t know that video game design was a career option....
Posted: May 24, 2021, 1:37 PM
We Have 2021 Vision
We knew this before 2020, but can see even more clearly now, that Retrievers don’t shy away from hard tasks—we’re a community defined by grit. Students continue to redefine success, through...
Posted: December 18, 2020, 9:16 PM
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