UMBC News and Headlines

“Historians know that the Confederacy ran out of food by the end of the Civil War, and it shouldn’t have because it was an agricultural society,” says Anne Rubin, professor of history at UMBC. “I...

As the COVID-19 outbreak originating in China has spread to populations across all continents except Antarctica, racism and discrimination against Chinese-American people have also increased. A...

Venturing into a Gestapo interrogation cell is not the way many people would choose to do research.  Nevertheless, Kristina R. Gaddy ’09, history and modern languages and linguistics, felt it...

by Christine Mallinson, Professor of Language, Literacy and Culture and Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship, UMBC Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you...

The annual Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey from the National Science Foundation again includes UMBC as a top recipient of federal research support.  The most recent...

by John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy, UMBC New disease outbreaks, like the novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China’s Hubei province, generate headlines and...

Linda Dusman, professor and chair of music, has been named the Bearman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship for 2020 – 2023. This role is designed to recognize and support a faculty member with an...

Sarah Christa Butts ’07, social work, is used to battling society’s biggest problems, from ending homelessness to stopping family violence. Now, the licensed master social worker is taking her...

UMBC is proud to be named a 2019 – 2020 Fulbright Top Producing Institution, an honor granted by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Fulbright program is...

by David Salkever, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, UMBC If you thought workers’ hourly pay was finally rising, think again. At first glance, the latest data – which came out on Feb. 7 –...