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High-Tech Gift Harnesses Data for Athletes

When UMBC Men’s Soccer Coach Anthony Adams traveled to Canada for a former player’s wedding, he didn’t expect to come away from the trip with a significant donation to the team. But then again, he...

Posted: January 7, 2020, 7:37 PM

Setting the Bar — The Impact of a Judicial Internship

As a student in Towson High School’s Law and Public Policy program, Randall Ainsworth ’19, history and philosophy, created a peer mentoring program for other young African American men there. In a...

Posted: November 25, 2019, 5:58 PM

Excerpt: The Empowered University

By UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski, Provost Philip Rous, and Peter Henderson It is challenging to understand fully the culture of an institution. It is even more challenging to change that...

Posted: October 30, 2019, 10:32 PM

Together We Rise — Annual Scholarship Luncheon

In an average gathering on campus, members of a crowd will generally have some connections, like shared Facebook friends or a favorite professor. At UMBC’s 8th annual Endowed Scholarship Luncheon...

Posted: March 29, 2019, 8:20 AM

The Joy of Giving

On UMBC’s second annual Giving Day last week, campus and social media buzzed with creative call-outs and challenges for 1,000 donors to participate in the 24-hour window. Mama’s Boys, True Grit,...

Posted: March 5, 2019, 9:28 PM

Celebrating Public Service

More than 130 members of the Retriever community gathered in Annapolis on January 23 to celebrate the many ways UMBC alumni make an impact through careers that serve the State of Maryland,...

Posted: January 28, 2019, 9:21 PM

Unabashedly Inspirational

Throughout its history, UMBC has encouraged community members to take risks and make lasting changes to guide our institution to become the empowered University it is today. UMBC is nothing...

Posted: January 2, 2019, 2:34 PM

Moving the Needle

With their hearts in the work and their ears to the ground, the people behind some of UMBC’s longest-standing homegrown programs are solving big societal problems. But the work is never done....

Posted: December 6, 2018, 11:41 PM

Supporting Artistic Talents

The Linehan Artist Scholars Reception is an annual event students have long enjoyed.  This year, scholar alumni joined current students to meet with donors Earl and Darielle Linehan, and to thank...

Posted: November 21, 2018, 6:40 PM