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This week UMBC made history as the first ever No. 16 seed team to best a No. 1 seed in an NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The Retrievers’ season ended last night in a hard-fought round two, but...

Tristan Mountcastle, a senior majoring in political science, talks about how much his scholarship means to him. On March 14, donors and students gathered for UMBC’s the annual Endowed Scholarship...

It is with great thanks to the UMBC community that the first UMBC Giving Day—Black and Gold Rush—was truly exceptional. We had more than 400 alumni, 240 faculty and staff, and 250 parents,...

It’s easy for a single person to feel helpless in the face of really big problems. That’s why UMBC students banded together this week as part of a national effort to tackle hunger. In...

UMBC’s annual night in Annapolis celebrated alumni who work every day for the public good of Marylanders. Nearly 70 percent of UMBC’s more than 70,000 alumni live in Maryland and contribute to the...

Members of UMBC’s Student Alumni Association (SAA) hit Main Street in the Commons Tuesday to share their love of philanthropy with the passing campus community. Thanks to every Retriever, near and...

For more than 40 years, UMBC’s student-run radio station, WMBC, has been a reliable source of news and entertainment for our campus, as well as an incubator for our students’ creative talents. As...

Throughout our 50th anniversary year, the UMBC community celebrated like it’s never celebrated before. We shared memories and images of our earliest years, and of our pioneering professors and...

In the face of a harrowing national epidemic, UMBC researchers and alumni work to break through the darkness of opioid addiction and the stigma that surrounds its victims. By Jenny O’Grady On...

Several alumni have recently taken top government positions, bringing their expertise to national groups overseeing health and justice, as well as Maryland’s top office. The U.S. Senate has...