From UMBC News and Magazine
Meet a Retriever—Michael Cook ’20, senior business intelligence analyst and author
Meet Michael Cook ’20. While at UMBC, Michael majored in information systems with a minor in statistics. Outside of the classroom, he was a member of UMBC’s improv troupe, Dog-Collar Comedy,...
Posted: June 16, 2026, 12:09 PM
Inaugural “MyRCA” interdisciplinary faculty cohort empowers researchers to bring their work to life
UMBC’s new Make Your Research Come Alive (MyRCA) program is helping faculty translate their scholarship into compelling stories that resonate across disciplines, sectors, and audiences. Launched...
Posted: June 1, 2026, 3:17 PM
Simone Kruse ’26, business technology administration, drawn to UMBC by her career goals and the welcoming community
Simone Kruse had a circuitous route to UMBC. She studied fashion design in her native country, Germany, and later, came to the U.S. as an au pair and began studying at Howard Community College....
Posted: May 18, 2026, 4:07 PM
Meet a Retriever—Manpreet Suri ’14, M.S. ’15 is an entrepreneur and digital tool builder
Meet Manpreet Suri ’14, M.S. ’15, information systems, an entrepreneur, digital solutions problem solver, McNair Scholar, and a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. Suri found a...
Posted: February 5, 2026, 2:52 PM
Students in the Center for Women in Technology succeed by lifting each other up—and are spreading the model around the world
Brazilian and UMBC students in front of a cultural center in Recife that they toured. (Photo courtesy of Seaman) Last summer, Kaila Hoskins, a junior computer science major, Celine Anong, a...
Posted: December 19, 2025, 4:59 PM
UMBC hosts 2025 IEEE Baltimore Technical Colloquium
On November 15, more than 120 engineering and computer science professionals and students convened on the UMBC campus for the 2025 IEEE Baltimore Technical Colloquium, co-sponsored this year by...
Posted: November 25, 2025, 2:27 PM
Retrievers gone global: 5 ways UMBC fosters international engagement
As International Education Week 2025 comes to a close, we’ve rounded up a few of the many ways Retrievers engage globally through their work and studies. Even though it has been a particularly...
Posted: November 25, 2025, 1:03 PM
Celebrating the history, evolution, and impact of K-pop culture as represented in ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
Abbie Fakoya is at the front of the room, smiling and encouraging over 40 UMBC faculty, staff, and students to follow her dance steps. Many of the attentive dancers were either new to the...
Posted: November 20, 2025, 9:42 AM
How to land the sweetest internship
Securing any internship is a huge accomplishment for a college student, but it’s even sweeter when it combines hands-on leadership training with a few tasty perks. Senior Justin Medina and...
Posted: November 13, 2025, 3:35 PM
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
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