UMBC News and Headlines

As Maryland legislators work to resolve budget woes and gaming disagreement through possible special sessions, Laura Hussey, assistant professor of political science, argues in the Gazette that...

“Annual conference showcases UMBC’s focus on undergraduate research,” the Baltimore Sun announced this morning. The article highlights the hard work of over 200 UMBC students who participated in...

Fred L. Pincus, Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, will retire at the end of the semester after spending 44 years at UMBC. He came to Baltimore from UCLA as a 26-year-old...

The Baltimore Sun’s “Picture of Health” blog today highlights an exciting new online resource developed by UMBC’s Hilltop Institute in partnership with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental...

UMBC Theatre students Brad Widener (left) and David Brasington (right) in Incorruptible. Photo by Rich Riggins.Arts critic Mike Giuliano, writing for the Patuxent Papers and The Baltimore Sun,...

Craig Saper, associate professor of Language, Literacy and Culture, has published a new book under his alter-ego ofdj readies. Intimate Bureaucracies is a history from the future looking...

Gloria Chuku, associate professor of Africana studies, has been awarded the Summer 2012 West African Research Association (WARA) post-doctoral fellowship. WARA’s mission is to promote research and...

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/22633568]Eric Dyer, associate professor of Visual Arts, has been awarded a 2012 fellowship for creative arts by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Professor...

The Department of Theatre’s current production, Incorruptible, which runs through April 28, received praise from critic Jack L. B. Gohn of BroadwayWorld.com in a review published on April 19...

The Center for Art Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) has received two 2012 publication design awards from the American Association of Museums. Within the category of institutions with budgets of...