How to Throw a Hammer
It’s widely accepted that you need to practice a skill for 10,000 hours before becoming an expert. Andrew Haberman has a different number in mind—20,000 throws. Continue Reading How to Throw a Hammer
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Minner hopes the creation of an archive at UMBC will encourage more members of the Lumbee Tribe to dig into their past, while also finding pride in their present. Continue Reading Meaningful Representation Online classes have changed the game for a specific population—former students who paused their education are returning to complete their degrees. Continue Reading Finish Line in Sight COVID-19 allowed this mother/daughter research pair to see how their areas of expertise overlapped. Continue Reading Research Under the Same Roof A literary magazine with Taco Bell as it’s touchstone? It’s actually not as cheesy as it sounds. Continue Reading Creating a Literary Space for the ‘Nobodies’ “To put it simply, UMBC made it onto The Princeton Review list because of our amazing students,” says Associate Professor Lee Blaney. “The list is developed through responses to student surveys, and so we (quite literally) have to thank our students for this honor, which highlights the excellent academic and social community that all of us have built at UMBC.” Continue Reading Princeton Review highlights UMBC’s dedicated students, engaging faculty President Freeman Hrabowski’s powerful personal story is well known in the UMBC community. At the age of 12, seeking equal access to a quality education, he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his home state of Alabama. He and other Black children were then jailed for five days. He has held steadfast to commitment to educational equity in the years since. Under President Hrabowski’s leadership for nearly three decades, UMBC has grown into a national and global leader in undergraduate and graduate education, innovation, and social impact. He has also fostered UMBC’s unique campus culture of shared, collaborative… Continue Reading President Hrabowski Awarded Medal for Career Advancing Diversity, Inclusion Promoting street vending can generate employment, keep people safe, and create the vitality and comity that is the hallmark of livable humane cities. Continue Reading Street Vendors Make Cities Livelier, Safer, and Fairer – Here’s Why They Belong on the Post-COVID-19 Urban Scene Campus programs are finding creative ways to encourage connectedness online, relying on equal parts vulnerability and light-hearted fun as the foundational building blocks. Continue Reading Building Community, Block By Block In the wake of so many life-defining activities suddenly curtailed, many other things continued nevertheless—namely the indomitable UMBC grit. Continue Reading Holding Down the Fort to Keep Students Connected UMBC students are no strangers to ingenuity. This year, due to COVID-19, the 24th annual iteration of URCAD calls for creative dexterity at a whole new level. URCAD has transitioned to a week-long online symposium, April 22 – 29. Continue Reading URCAD 2020 showcases UMBC student researchers and artists in a new, interactive online format Transferring to a new college often comes with some trepidation about making new friends and finding your crowd. For Michelle, Melissa, and Melanie Biddinger, however, those were the least of their worries when they originally came to UMBC from the Community College of Baltimore County. The three sisters (Melissa and Melanie are twins) brought their lifelong friendship and communal study habits with them, and their tight-knit family bond propelled them to collectively graduated in 2017 with bachelor’s degrees in psychology. This winter they’ll cross the stage again, having earned their master’s of arts in teaching. The Biddinger sisters had a… Continue Reading Together every step of the way: Three sisters earn UMBC teaching degrees
Meaningful Representation
Finish Line in Sight
Research Under the Same Roof
Creating a Literary Space for the ‘Nobodies’
Princeton Review highlights UMBC’s dedicated students, engaging faculty
President Hrabowski Awarded Medal for Career Advancing Diversity, Inclusion
Street Vendors Make Cities Livelier, Safer, and Fairer – Here’s Why They Belong on the Post-COVID-19 Urban Scene
Building Community, Block By Block
Holding Down the Fort to Keep Students Connected
URCAD 2020 showcases UMBC student researchers and artists in a new, interactive online format
Together every step of the way: Three sisters earn UMBC teaching degrees