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UMBC Leadership
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Senior Leadership Team
Meet UMBC’s Senior Leadership team—a dynamic group of accomplished individuals shaping the future of higher education. UMBC’s leaders are dedicated to driving innovation and fostering student success.
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UMBC Mission & Vision
At UMBC, we combine grit and supportive community to reach excellence across the board. We value each other as whole people and come together to learn, solve problems, create new things, and just have fun.
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UMBC is a member of the University System of Maryland
A 21-member Board of Regents, including two students, governs the University System of Maryland. Appointed by the governor, president of the senate, and the speaker of the house, the regents oversee the system’s academic, administrative, and financial operations; formulate policy; and appoint the USM chancellor and the presidents of the system’s 12 institutions.
UMBC Campus News
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27th Summer Undergraduate Research Fest prepares students for scholarly next steps
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Peter Wilschke ’24, political science and economics, celebrates national research accomplishments
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Academic Minute: Centering the voices of Black farmers
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UMBC scientists show twisted carbon nanotubes might power “wind-up” sensors and other devices
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Christopher K. Tong, MLLI, returns from a research award in Mongolia to inform his work in Asian studies
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Karen Chen wins NSF CAREER award to build tools to empower students with data