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Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains
By Adi Foord, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, UMBC Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
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Three UMBC artists—Kelley Bell, Corrie Francis Parks, and Katie Hileman—named...
Kelley Bell, M.F.A. ’06, associate professor of visual arts, Corrie Francis Parks, associate professor of visual arts, and Katie Hileman ’12, theatre, and general associate in the department of...
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NASA selects UMBC-led lunar instrument for implementation on Artemis III Moon...
The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), along with several institutional partners, has been selected to develop one of the first three lunar instruments chosen for implementation and...
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New York City greenlights congestion pricing – here’s how this toll plan is...
Written by John Rennie Short, professor emeritus of public policy, UMBC New York City is poised to launch the first congestion pricing plan to reduce traffic in a major U.S. metropolitan area. Like...
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Chinese migration to US is nothing new – but the reasons for recent surge at...
Written by Meredith Oyen, associate professor of history, UMBC The brief closure of the Darien Gap – a perilous 66-mile jungle journey linking South American and Central America – in February 2024...
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Bollywood is playing a large supporting role in India’s elections
By Preminda Jacob, associate professor of art history and museum studies As the largest electorate in history goes to the polls in India from April 19 to June 1, 2024, political parties are seeking to...
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Domestic violence survivors seek homeless services from a system that often...
Written by Nkiru Nnawulezi, associate professor of psychology at UMBC, and Lauren Cattaneo, George Mason University About 1 in every 3 women, and 1 in 4 men, will experience domestic violence over...
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First data from UMBC’s HARP2 instrument on NASA PACE mission goes public
Data from NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite, which will provide insight into ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate, are now available. The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud,...
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Stitching it all together, or how Ephraim Ruttenberg ’25 got hooked on math...
In the back of a classroom, at a desk strewn with a colorful palette of commingled notebooks and skeins of yarn, sits Ephraim Ruttenberg ’25, mathematics. His fingers nimbly and nearly subconsciously...
View ArticleVote in the 2024 SGA Elections
Dear Students, Student Government Association (SGA) election season is upon us! Every undergraduate student is a member of the SGA, and the SGA serves to represent undergraduates in the shared work of...
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From thousands to millions to billions to trillions to quadrillions and...
Written by Manil Suri, professor of mathematics, UMBC Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
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UMBC welcomes Candice Hill as new women’s basketball coach
UMBC is excited to announce Candice Hill as the new head coach for UMBC women’s basketball team. Hill is the 11th coach in the history of the program. Hill returns to her home city of Baltimore after...
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UMBC partners with American Statistical Association to organize annual...
The eighth iteration of the African International Conference on Statistics (AIC), scheduled for June 2024 in Tunis, Tunisia, will mark a new era for the conference. Originally championed by Bimal...
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Sharing the beat of his own drum—Connor LeFevre ’23 finds success through...
On a chilly February night, some of the most dedicated local music fans pile in for a floor show at a small grunge venue, Baltimore’s Ottobar. Tonight it’s a stacked indie bill and not one person...
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The Mellon Foundation awards UMBC’s Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies...
UMBC’s Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (GWST) department has received a $100,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to implement its Advancing Gender and Sexuality Studies in Community project....
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Meet a Retriever—Poulomi Banerjee ’16, M.P.P. ’21, annual donor and advocate...
Meet Poulomi Banerjee, a double alumna—earning her degree in health administration and policy in 2016 and her M.P.P. in 2021—and current public policy Ph.D. student at UMBC who believes in the power...
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New pipeline created to ease transfer process for future Carroll Retrievers
UMBC and Carroll Community College recently signed a new dual-admissions agreement that will offer students who transfer to UMBC directly from Carroll a clear pathway to a bachelor’s degree after...
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Watch: A recap of URCAD 2024
UMBC’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) returned earlier this month for its 28th year, bringing together more than 400 student presenters and the broader university...
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Nancy Kusmaul, social work, receives “Outstanding Individual in Academia”...
Nancy Kusmaul, associate professor of social work, a scholar and advocate for the rights of older adults and professional caregivers, received the “Outstanding Individual in Academia” award from the...
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Meet a Retriever—Ciomara Matamoros, mom of three and aspiring school...
Meet Ciomara Matamoros ’24, psychology, who is a first-generation college student pursuing her dream of becoming a school psychologist while raising three kids. She’s a member of the Peer Advisory...
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