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Retrievers are upping their research game in the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program cohort
UMBC’s 2024 – 2025 Fulbright U.S. Student Program class are sharing their knowledge and building community around the world by earning a master’s degree, conducting research, or teaching English. This year is especially significant, as six of seven awards are research-focused, marking the highest number of research awards in UMBC’s Fulbright history. Continue Reading Retrievers…
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If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?
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New scholarship offers Japanese high school students an admissions pathway to UMBC and increases Japanese opportunities on campus
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Meet a Retriever—Emmanuella Osei, public health and sociology junior and fearless leader
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Meet a Retriever—Michael Brazda ’06, M.A. ’08, and Ph.D. ’24, an adjunct professor and advocate for virtual lifelong learning
UMBC Magazine
Fall 2024 Issue
Everyone Is Watching Women’s Sports
Magazine
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International exchange brings opportunities to question assumptions—in science and life
Making assumptions is a habit of life, a way to speed up decisions. Sometimes these mental short-cuts, however, lead us astray. Such was the situation when Lorenz Kopp, an engineering master’s student at…
Quick Posts
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Carla Guarraia, Ph.D. ’06, receives Presidential Award for Teaching
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Mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Md Badrul Hasan recognized for research modeling hurricanes with machine learning
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U.S. News ranks UMBC’s online master’s in information systems among best in the nation
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Naghmeh Karimi granted industry funding to study promising computing-in-memory based AI accelerators
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UMBC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services partner to create pathways for a more diverse and inclusive workforce
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UMBC’s Ethics Bowl team earns spot in national championship two years in a row
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UMBC increases rank in latest HERD survey, among top 10 universities in the nation in NASA funding
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Mohamed Younis honored for contributions to modern communication technologies
Community
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New scholarship offers Japanese high school students an admissions pathway to UMBC and increases Japanese opportunities on campus
UMBC’s Center for Global Engagement has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Japanese Kanagawa Association of Private Junior/ Senior Schools to establish the annual Global Achievement Scholarship. This new partnership creates an undergraduate admissions pathway for up to 10 high school students from Kanagawa Prefecture beginning in fall 2026. Continue Reading New scholarship offers Japanese…
Policy & Society
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UMBC celebrates another year offering free tax prep services in partnership with the CASH Campaign of Maryland
On January 31, the CASH Campaign of Maryland, a nonprofit working to promote the economic advancement of low-to-moderate income individuals and families in Baltimore and across Maryland, kicked off the 2025 tax season with a press conference at UMBC promoting free tax prep services in the Baltimore area, including services offered on the UMBC campus. …
Science & Technology
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“Teaching them to think”: New course prepares students for success in proof-based mathematics
“We’re switching gears of how students think. They go from calculational things to proof-based work,” says Kathleen Hoffman. “Now your solution is a paragraph that you have to write in full sentences. It has to have logical structure. It has to start with a hypothesis and end with a conclusion. It’s a big hump for…
Arts & Culture
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Earl Brooks explores how Black musicians shape political and social discourse in debut book ‘On Rhetoric and Black Music’
On the surface, it may appear that there isn’t much of a connection between rapper Kendrick Lamar and abolitionist Harriet Tubman. But in his debut book, UMBC Assistant Professor of English and musician Earl Brooks, argues that the rhetorical power of music—specifically music created by Black artists—is what bridges the two cultural figures, and many…
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“Teaching them to think”: New course prepares students for success in proof-based mathematics
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UMBC leverages interdisciplinary expertise to launch Quantum Science Institute
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In the world of math, the hunt for eloquent solutions excites these researchers
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UMBC celebrates another year offering free tax prep services in partnership with the CASH Campaign of Maryland