This Time in America
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski and Dr. Philip Rous share reflections with UMBC alumni, faculty, staff, and students. Continue Reading This Time in America
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski and Dr. Philip Rous share reflections with UMBC alumni, faculty, staff, and students. Continue Reading This Time in America From an economist’s perspective, Americans facing increased financial stress because of the pandemic are less likely to seek medical help for coronavirus symptoms. Continue Reading Americans’ Deepening Financial Stress Will Make the Coronavirus a Lot Harder to Contain What makes something smell good or bad? A UMBC biology lab studying the brain and sense of smell addresses our reactions to pleasant and unpleasant odors. Continue Reading What makes something smell good or bad? Retrievers are participating in politics on all levels—students as engaged citizens, professionals protecting our census data, artists illustrating complex ideas, and more. Continue Reading There’s No Such Thing As Small Politics The “Lost and Found” archive is a space for people to memorialize what could have been – and to record what can now emerge, in its absence. Continue Reading Archiving the pandemic: ‘Coronavirus Lost and Found’ documents how we cope with catastrophe Men’s Basketball players are getting to fulfill their dreams—playing professional basketball abroad. Continue Reading A World of Opportunity UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski talks about alumni leadership during the pandemic, UMBC’s Golden Commencement, and a symbol of hope in tough times. Continue Reading Up on the Roof—Spring 2020 UMBC’s international education expert foresees six major ways that the expected decline in international enrollment will change U.S. higher education and the economy. Continue Reading Six Ways a Drop in International Students Could Set Back US Higher Education We can all agree it was not supposed to be this way. Commencement—as President Freeman Hrabowski often reminds graduates during the ceremony—is a dignified occasion, deserving of the phrase “pomp and circumstance.” It’s also a day for jitters, lining up with your classmates in the hallways of the Event Center, and being mindful of your feet when crossing the stage. It’s a day for loud, celebratory shouts and enough clapping to make your palms feel sore afterward. Commencement is a day for shaking hands with your mentors, for hugging your suitemates and best friends so hard your mortarboard cap falls… Continue Reading Black & Gold Forever—Celebrating the Class of 2020 After more than a decade of service to UMBC, John Becker thinks back to some of the moments—and the people of our community—that have meant the most to him. Continue Reading Treasured Moments Karsonya “Dr. Kaye” Wise Whitehead, Ph.D. ’09, language, literacy, and culture has been an activist since she was a kid. Now, she’s using those skills to make a difference throughout Baltimore. Continue Reading Conversations that Matter Without randomized-controlled trial evidence to guide them, doctors risk wasting resources on ineffective treatments or causing harm to patients. Continue Reading What Is a Clinical Trial? A Health Policy Expert ExplainsThis Time in America
Americans’ Deepening Financial Stress Will Make the Coronavirus a Lot Harder to Contain
What makes something smell good or bad?
There’s No Such Thing As Small Politics
Archiving the pandemic: ‘Coronavirus Lost and Found’ documents how we cope with catastrophe
A World of Opportunity
Up on the Roof—Spring 2020
Six Ways a Drop in International Students Could Set Back US Higher Education
Black & Gold Forever—Celebrating the Class of 2020
Treasured Moments
Conversations that Matter
What Is a Clinical Trial? A Health Policy Expert Explains