UMBC News and Headlines

WEAA’s The Marc Steiner Show hosted a panel discussion on February 9 on charter schools vs. traditional public schools, school closings, school funding, and the future of education. Kimberly...

Wednesday, March 4 | 7:00 p.m. There is a Crack in Everything: That’s How the Light Gets in* (*from Anthem by Leonard Cohen) Michael Rakowitz, Professor, Art Theory & Practice, Northwestern...

Wednesday, March 4 | 4:00 p.m. Janet Shibley Hyde, Evjue-Bascom Professor & Helen Thompson Woolley Professor of Psychology and Gender & Women’s Studies and Director at the Center for...

Asian Studies Lecture and Book Signing Tuesday, March 3 | 7:00 p.m. Suki Kim, Award-Winning Journalist Albin O. Kuhn Library 7th Floor  In this talk, Suki Kim, an award-winning journalist,...

Interior, Fort Morgan, Battle Site Mobile Bay, Alabama 2003 Silver gelatin print Tuesday, February 24 | 4:00 p.m. William Earle Williams, Audrey A. and John L. Dusseau Professor in the...

Here at UMBC, we take pride in what our alums accomplish after graduation. Take a moment to see which Retrievers have been on the move and making news! Last week, Joseph T. Jones ’06, social...

Arthur Johnson, provost emeritus and political science, penned an article in The Faculty Voice about how UMBC’s Walter Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program contributes to the public good. The...

Erle Ellis, associate professor of geography and environmental systems was taking a walk down the beach when he found a smooth object. Thinking it was some relic of years of ocean polishing he put...

Dwight Polk, paramedic program director and senior lecturer of emergency health services, recently presented at the Arrowhead EMS Conference in Duluth, Minn. about exploring the psychological...

In the days surrounding Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s State of the State address, Donald Norris provided analysis on what to expect for the remainder of the legislative session. Norris, professor...