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Jennifer Matthews '02, owner of the independent bookstore Growing Minds in Catonsville, stands against a wall holding a stack of books.

Meet a Retriever—Jennifer Matthews ’02, Catonsville bookstore owner

Sep 4, 2024 / 3 minutes of reading
a woman translational life sciences student in a t-shirt poses on a bridge outside

Meet a Retriever—Merryll Kallungal ’24, translational life science technology graduate

May 29, 2024 / 3 minutes of reading
Three male students pose in a lab.

Meet a Retriever—Garvey Chu, mechanical engineering student at UMBC-Shady Grove

May 23, 2024 / 3 minutes of reading
a woman in sleeveless shirt and glasses

Meet a Retriever—Camilla Sandoval ’17, M.A. ’19, program coordinator for Maryland Humanities

May 6, 2024 / 4 minutes of reading
Man standing behind UMBC podium, smiling.

Meet a Retriever—Christian Jassani ’27, a first-year ambassador and active student leader

May 3, 2024 / 5 minutes of reading
three woman walk together smiling, wearing black and gold

Meet a Retriever—Ciomara Matamoros, mom of three and aspiring school psychologist

Apr 26, 2024 / 3 minutes of reading
A man walks past posters of the film ‘PM Narendra Modi,’ a biopic on the Indian prime minister, during its launch in Mumbai, India,

Bollywood is playing a large supporting role in India’s elections

Apr 10, 2024 / 6 minutes of reading
Thousands of galaxies, each containing billions of stars, are in this 2022 photo taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains

Apr 8, 2024 / 6 minutes of reading
young woman stands near a research poster speaking to a standing woman in a high-ceilinged open hall

Meet a Retriever—Aiman Raza ’22, applied environmental researcher in UMBC’s ICARE graduate program

Apr 1, 2024 / 3 minutes of reading
four students in UMBC black and gold attire stand behind a poster that reads "Tour Registration". Two hold yellow foam thumbs-ups.

Meet a Retriever—Madelyn “Maddy” Pollack ’24, Humanities Scholar and Honors College member   

Mar 12, 2024 / 4 minutes of reading
2023 Pitch Judge for RoadPitch Michael Ogunsanya

Protected: Meet a Retriever—Michael Ogunsanya ’22, economics, start-up co-founder

Mar 4, 2024 / 5 minutes of reading
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