From UMBC News and Magazine
Nothing but beauty: Noor Zaidi leads an international interfaith team digitizing the history of one of the few shrines to a woman in Islam
The Sayyida Zainab shrine, near Damascus, Syria, is capped by a gold leaf dome atop a building wrapped in interlocking glazed tiles. The aquamarine, gold, amethyst, and brown tiles create...
Posted: July 29, 2026, 9:43 AM
Meet a Retriever—Annie Byrd ’04, M.P.S. ’23, birth worker advocate who creates employment connections for UMBC students
Annie Byrd ’04, emergency health services, M.P.S. ’23, community leadership, began her staff career at UMBC as an executive administrative assistant and she is now the Career Center’s assistant...
Posted: July 28, 2026, 2:53 PM
UMBC’s student Fulbright recipients pursue community-driven research on a global stage
UMBC’s 2026 – 2027 recipients of the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program are joining the ranks of UMBC’s distinguished Fulbright alumni, who have made UMBC a three-time Fulbright Top...
Posted: July 27, 2026, 5:10 PM
Four Retrievers selected for this summer’s Key Bridge rebuilding internship
This summer, four UMBC students are getting hands-on experience contributing to efforts to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge over the Patapsco River, which collapsed in March 2024 after a cargo...
Posted: July 27, 2026, 1:01 PM
Meet a Retriever–Keisha Hale, M.A. ’20, Hurricane Katrina survivor, educator, researcher, and author
Meet Keisha Hale, M.A.’20, applied sociology. Keisha is an educator, researcher, and author. In 2025, she published We Weather the Storm: A Poetry Memoir of Survival and Healing, inspired by her...
Posted: July 15, 2026, 9:27 AM
UMBC supports promising internal research and creative endeavors with 2026 – 27 START, SURFF awards
UMBC’s Division of Research and Creative Achievement recently announced the recipients of the 2027 Strategic Awards for Research Transitions (START) and the 2026 Summer Research Faculty Fellowship...
Posted: July 6, 2026, 3:17 PM
“Don’t be afraid”—Doctoral student Demetrie Garner ’23, public health, and M.P.P ’25, overcame decades of opioid abuse disorder to serve as an overdose response expert
When Demetrie Garner moved from Maryland’s Eastern Shore to Baltimore, he found a wealth of opportunities in Baltimore, a strong spiritual practice, and a supportive network of friends and family....
Posted: July 2, 2026, 8:45 AM
Who gets to tell the story? The tricky back story of how radio shows can promote empathy but also build up cultural divides
In his new book, Empathy Machines: This American Life, Podcasting, and the Public Radio Structure of Feeling, Jason Loviglio, professor of media and communications, critiques and analyzes the...
Posted: June 30, 2026, 9:33 AM
A global perspective on aging: Alfred Boakye’s gerontology journey from Ghana to Japan and the U.S.
Alfred Boakye first began thinking deeply about the care and well-being of elders and their families while caring for his centenarian grandmother, Margaret Nyarko, in his home city of Tema, on the...
Posted: June 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
A global perspective on aging: Alfred Boakye’s gerontology journey from Ghana to Japan and the U.S.
Alfred Boakye first began thinking deeply about the care and well-being of elders and their families while caring for his centenarian grandmother, Margaret Nyarko, in his home city of Tema, on the...
Posted: June 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
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