Although it’s been 15 years and he now works in Silicon Valley, Rahul Razdan ’05, information systems, still abides by his UMBC database management instructor’s lessons. Continue Reading Silicon Valley Success Starts at UMBC “The Empowered University” brings UMBC’s story to readers nationwide. Continue Reading Excerpt: The Empowered University A team of scientists have developed a new world map highlighting three conditions of landscapes that will need to be approached differently if we are to succeed in conserving biodiversity. Continue Reading 3 Global Conditions—and a Map—for Saving Nature and Using it Wisely Muslims visit the shrines to observe the martyrdom day of Hussain. Shiite Muslims believe that Hussain was third in line of 12 divinely appointed spiritual and political successors. Continue Reading What Is Ashura? How this Shiite Muslim Holiday Inspires Millions Homecoming at UMBC is a time to reconnect, see how much the campus has grown, and show your Retriever pride. Don’t miss out! Continue Reading Why YOU Need to Come to Homecoming 2019 As one of three Peace Corps staff in the Kyrgyzstan capital, Bishkek, Ryan Monroe finds the work enriching but challenging—and just what he had hoped for. Continue Reading World View — Ryan Monroe, M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’06 In the footsteps of rapid urban population growth, governments must enact better policies that focus on the improvement of existing communities rather than on their eradication. Continue Reading What Nigerian cities can learn from the rest of the world “As someone who routinely analyzes threats, vulnerabilities and risks, I see the U.S. again falling prey to a decades-old problem, which the 9/11 Commission termed a ‘failure of imagination.'” Continue Reading Don’t ignore serious nonmilitary threats to US national security “Read with your children. Enjoy books together, and whatever you do, don’t worry about teaching them to read. Leave the teaching to the teachers.” Continue Reading Parents can help kids catch up in reading with a 10-minute daily routine To build a more robust Earth science in the “human age,” the human sciences must play as central a role as the natural sciences do today. Continue Reading Surveying archaeologists across the globe reveals deeper and more widespread roots of the human age, the Anthropocene While you were sleeping, our videographer Corey Jennings ’10 caught some quiet footage of our beautiful campus coming to life! See more videos of campus life at UMBCtube. Visiting senior research scholar Marvin Heiferman explores the intersection of photography and science in a new collaborative book called Seeing Science: How Photography Reveals the Universe. Continue Reading Depth of Field
Silicon Valley Success Starts at UMBC
Excerpt: The Empowered University
3 Global Conditions—and a Map—for Saving Nature and Using it Wisely
What Is Ashura? How this Shiite Muslim Holiday Inspires Millions
Why YOU Need to Come to Homecoming 2019
World View — Ryan Monroe, M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’06
What Nigerian cities can learn from the rest of the world
Don’t ignore serious nonmilitary threats to US national security
Parents can help kids catch up in reading with a 10-minute daily routine
Surveying archaeologists across the globe reveals deeper and more widespread roots of the human age, the Anthropocene
UMBC Waking Up
Depth of Field
