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Avi Newman Degrees: B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; B.S., Biological Sciences; B.A., Philosophy Hometown: Derwood, MD Post-grad plans: Graduate school Embracing all of the...

Max Bobbin  Degree: B.S., Chemical Engineering; B.A., Philosophy Hometown: Joppa, MD Post-grad plans: Ph.D. in chemical engineering, University of Delaware Max Bobbin may still be an...

Sarah Turner  Degree: B.A., Psychology Hometown: Gaithersburg, MD Post-grad plans: Ph.D. in Business Administration, Drexel LeBow College of Business Sarah Turner, a McNair Scholar and...

Meet Rev. Bob Hall ’74, philosophy, president of the Christian Council of Delmarva and a planned gift donor to UMBC. Through his work, Rev. Hall is able to combinethestrengths of traditional...

U.S. News announced its 2023-24 Best Graduate School rankings today, highlighting UMBC graduate programs in a broad range of fields, from public policy and several types of engineering to...

Zinedine Partipilo Cornielles Degree: B.S., Financial Economics; B.A., Mathematics Hometown: Barquisimeto, Venezuela Post-grad plans: Predoctoral research fellow Zinedine Partipilo...

In 2020, Renata Taylor-Smith ’24, theatre, eagerly prepared for her first trip to Munich, Germany to study theatrical lighting design, but a week before she was meant to fly to Germany, her trip...

Meet Rachel Brubaker, M.A. ’00, historical studies, assistant director for grants and program development at the Dresher Center for the Humanities. Brubaker, a self-proclaimed humanities nerd, has...

UMBC President Valerie Sheares Ashby has appointed Tanyka M. Barber as the university’s inaugural vice president for institutional equity and chief diversity officer. She will officially join the...

Michelle Scott, associate professor of history, will discuss her new book T.O.B.A. Time: Black Vaudeville and the Theater Owners Booking Association in Jazz Age America(University of Illinois...