Computer Science and Electrical Engineering News

UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III takes your questions. Q. UMBC has made immense strides as an academic institution under your leadership, and students and alumni take great pride in...

I’m happy to admit it. I’m a big Retriever sports fan. There have been times when I have gone to extreme lengths to take in a UMBC men’s basketball game. I remember sitting in a Washington, D.C....

UMBC’s growing status as a hub for cybersecurity was highlighted in October by the university’s central role in an award by the U.S. Department of Commerce – National Institute of Standards and...

UMBC alumnus Ben Marcin ’80 traveled the world with his camera. But he has found acclaim investigating the often bitter poetry, beauty and truth in local landscapes. The photographs of Ben...

UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, takes your questions. Q. UMBC is about to embark on a major renovation of the entrance to campus that will transform the way that alumni and visitors –...

A public research university such as UMBC has to be many things at once – and touch as many lives in a productive way as it can. At the center of its mission is teaching. New generations of...

Mary Volkman ’92, English, is a Baltimore native who writes fiction under the pen name “Margo Christie.” Her first novel, These Days: A Tale of Nostalgia on Baltimore’s Block, relies not only on...

KEEP THE PERFECT BEAT With Steven McAlpine, assistant director of interdisciplinary studies and percussionist with Straight Up Tribal Back in 2008, Steven McAlpine decided that UMBC needed...

UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, takes your questions. Q. UMBC has made significant investments in creating physical spaces where collaboration in pedagogy and research can flourish....

Universities are filled with people who have great ideas. In fact, the view that universities act as a repository of great ideas has a firm hold on the public imagination. Students go to classes...