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UMBC returns to NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018
Cinderella better find her slippers because UMBC is going dancing again! With a 74-59 win over no. 2 University of Vermont on Saturday, UMBC men’s basketball will return to NCAA Tournament play for the first time since 2018. They also clinched another America East title before a packed home court at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena.…
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From modern languages to modern dance—Xavier Mack ’16 performs around the world
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Sisters in science: How one UMBC lab kindled a family tradition of discovery
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U.S. News affirms UMBC’s status as a leading public university with strong student support, especially for veterans
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Quantum on track: UMBC researchers demonstrate feasibility of using quantum devices to manage urban train scheduling, using a Baltimore transit line as a model
UMBC Magazine
Fall 2025 Issue
ARTS+YOU
Magazine
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Diving into a new sport
From USA Gymnastics national team to UMBC diving record-breaker, Kaleb Cave’s athletic journey defies expectations. After discovering diving through Instagram DMs, this mechanical engineering major overcame a devastating Achilles rupture to break a…
Quick Posts
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Anupam Joshi named 2025 AAAS Fellow
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Senior Caly Ferguson recognized with National Society of Black Engineers’ ‘25 Under 25’ award
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Celebrating the misunderstood: Mercedes Burns featured in new book on North America’s overlooked critters
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UMBC physicist wins Amazon award to build AI-orchestrated scientific assistant
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UMBC’s Steven Caruso honored for leading authentic undergrad research in the classroom
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UMBC hosts 2025 IEEE Baltimore Technical Colloquium
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Chemical engineering professor Tyler Josephson chosen as Simons Foundation Pivot Fellow
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UMBC sophomore wins first place at NSBE fall regional conference technical research exhibition
Community
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Meyerhoff Scholars Program Celebrates 500th Ph.D.
UMBC’s Meyerhoff Scholars Program is celebrating its 500th graduate to earn a Ph.D. For more than 30 years, the program has been transforming STEM through high-achieving scholars who champion diversity.
Policy & Society
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Zareen Taj earns her Ph.D., publishing the first autoethnography by a Hazara Afghan woman about the ongoing genocide of Hazara women under Taliban rule
Zareen Taj, a Hazara woman, successfully defended her dissertation, “Journey of a Scholar-Activist: An Autoethnographic and Multimodal Inquiry,” which includes written narratives and her fourth documentary short film titled “For My People.” The project marks the first time she took the time and space to reflect on her life.
Science & Technology
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Rileigh Mansfield ’26—a mathematician with contagious enthusiasm and a ‘Survivor’ spirit
Meyerhoff Scholar Rileigh Mansfield ’26, mathematics, has excelled in applied math research in fields from from epidemiology to volcanology. Her journey took her from Ecuador to Rwanda, and now she heads to Stanford for a geophysics Ph.D. Her academic excellence is only matched by her spunk and adventurous spirit—she tries out for Survivor ever year.
Arts & Culture
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Six April arts events not to be missed at UMBC
This academic year, UMBC launched a bold new initiative, Arts+, designed to celebrate our academic excellence in the arts, to elevate the visibility of our arts public programs, and to deepen audience engagement. We marked the 30th anniversary of the Linehan Artist Scholars Program, invited internationally known artists to campus, and have seen a robust…
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Zareen Taj earns her Ph.D., publishing the first autoethnography by a Hazara Afghan woman about the ongoing genocide of Hazara women under Taliban rule
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Rileigh Mansfield ’26—a mathematician with contagious enthusiasm and a ‘Survivor’ spirit
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Meyerhoff Scholars Program Celebrates 500th Ph.D.
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One photon, a trillion electrons: UMBC physicist Daniel Suárez-Forero explores the quantum frontier