The start of the school year is invigorating for the whole university community, whether you’re starting your first year in college, transferring from a different institution, or gearing up to teach for the tenth year. And UMBC is channeling all that energy in classic Retriever ways. Continue Reading Retriever Nation welcomes another class to its ranks At UMBC’s upcoming commencement ceremonies, students and their families and supporters will hear from three distinguished speakers recognized as leaders in their different fields. They include a UMBC alumnus recently elected county executive, the first woman conductor of a major American orchestra, and one of the world’s top addiction researchers. Continue Reading Leaders in public service, music, and addiction research to address UMBC’s Class of 2019 When international students arrive on campus, they find a warm welcome from their departments and fellow students. These four May graduates share how they made a home on campus during their time at UMBC. Continue Reading UMBC international students find connection on campus, from day one to degree Six months into the Retriever Courage initiative, this year’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month programming at UMBC is especially meaningful for the University community. “Our efforts to support survivors and cultivate a survivor-responsive campus need to be a 365-days-a-year undertaking,” says Jess Myers, director of UMBC’s Women’s Center. “We all are responsible for this work.” Continue Reading Retriever Courage partners take stock of community work to prevent and respond to sexual assault Di Maria recommended that the U.S. implement a national-level international education strategy, improve support for students, and adopt immigration policies that allow the U.S. to retain top graduates in our workforce. Continue Reading UMBC’s David Di Maria briefs Congressional staff on opportunities to support international students The month of March is a favorite for Retriever Nation, with America East playoffs on the horizon and memories of UMBC’s 2018 March Madness victory on everyone’s mind. This year, both UMBC’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will compete in America East postseason play. The women will take on Hartford on March 6 and the men will host UAlbany at the UMBC Event Center on March 9. Continue Reading Retriever basketball heads to America East playoffs In a recent interview at the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Bob and Elizabeth Dole Series on Leadership, UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski shared his perspective on leading diverse and inclusive communities in today’s political environment. Continue Reading President Hrabowski shares an inclusive approach to difficult conversations in Bipartisan Policy Center interview The inaugural GRIT-X featured some of the university community’s most fascinating new research and creative work in three sets of 10-minute talks that covered topics from the process for creating a successful theatre company to dealing with contaminants in local watersheds. Continue Reading GRIT-X showcases groundbreaking UMBC research, scholarship, and creative achievement “This has been a 50-year experiment in Catonsville,” Pres. Hrabowski explained. “Can you bring people together from all races, backgrounds, and religions, and have them learning how to work together, to live together, and to listen to each other? That’s what we’re in the process of doing in our country, and it’s what we believe we are doing on this campus and will do even more of in the time to come.” Continue Reading Founders Day celebrates 50 years of inclusive excellence at UMBC Rachel Brewster’s lab will investigate how zebrafish embryos survive without oxygen for extended periods, which has eventual applications in medicine and even space travel. Continue Reading Brewster lab to examine “pause button” on embryonic development, with eye on improving organ transplant Initial collaborative efforts will focus on cybersecurity, but Portuguese Commodore Henriques Gomes emphasized, “What we sign here is just a start of the collaboration between these two institutions.” Continue Reading UMBC and Portuguese Naval Academy launch partnership to promote academic and cultural exchange “Science achievement gaps begin early. It is important that our policies and interventions take steps in those early years to ensure increased science achievement for all,” writes F. Chris Curran, an assistant professor of public policy. Continue Reading New research by Curran and Kellogg points to inequities in science education from early age
Retriever Nation welcomes another class to its ranks
Leaders in public service, music, and addiction research to address UMBC’s Class of 2019
UMBC international students find connection on campus, from day one to degree
Retriever Courage partners take stock of community work to prevent and respond to sexual assault
UMBC’s David Di Maria briefs Congressional staff on opportunities to support international students
Retriever basketball heads to America East playoffs
President Hrabowski shares an inclusive approach to difficult conversations in Bipartisan Policy Center interview
GRIT-X showcases groundbreaking UMBC research, scholarship, and creative achievement
Founders Day celebrates 50 years of inclusive excellence at UMBC
Brewster lab to examine “pause button” on embryonic development, with eye on improving organ transplant
UMBC and Portuguese Naval Academy launch partnership to promote academic and cultural exchange
New research by Curran and Kellogg points to inequities in science education from early age
