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Arts+ initiative at UMBC uplifts the arts and creates new avenues for student showcases
With the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performance kickoff, UMBC’s Arts+ initiative is now in full swing. The program uplifts the arts and creates new avenues for student showcases.
UMBC Magazine
Fall 2025 Issue
ARTS+YOU
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Quick Posts
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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
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Hrabowski Fund for Innovation awardees continue to drive new approaches to teaching and learning
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Living the mission—UMBC recognized for 16 years as a ‘Great College to Work For’
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Following where curiosity leads them—COEIT celebrates student summer research
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Building on years in archeological trenches in Greece, Robert Barry ’25 will keep digging at the University of Oxford
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UMBC mathematician honored with invitation to Stephen Smale’s 95th birthday conference
Community
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Retrievers gone global: 5 ways UMBC fosters international engagement
As International Education Week 2025 comes to a close, we’ve rounded up a few of the many ways Retrievers engage globally through their work and studies. In a particularly trying time for international students, here are the ways international students and Retrievers who have gone abroad have played a role in the lifeblood of UMBC.
Policy & Society
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Weissmann ’06, appointed secretary of Maryland Department of Budget and Management
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has appointed Yaakov “Jake” Weissmann ’06, social work and psychology, as acting secretary of the Maryland Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Weissmann, UMBC’s vice president of government relations and community affairs since December 2023, joins an impressive group of UMBC alums serving in state and federal leadership roles. In a…
Science & Technology
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Toy story—Engineering accessible play
Adam Harper, a mechanical engineering and theatre design sophomore, was voted the mechanical engineering (ENME) 204’s Most Creative Design and the Most Viable Product by UMBC faculty, ENME 204 teaching staff, and needs experts for co-designing and creating two sensory soft animals for children on the autism spectrum. Their competitors also voted them the Most…
Arts & Culture
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Spark exhibition glows at The Peale
UMBC’s annual collaborative art exhibition with Towson University, Spark, opened its doors this November at The Peale, Baltimore’s neighborhood museum, and has continued to delight audiences with its captivating installations. This year’s show, titled SPARK VII: Industrial Afterglow, gathers more than 20 artists working across sculpture, installation, sound, photography, video, textiles, and ecological documentation to…
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UMBC biologists discuss human health applications of studying plants’ circadian rhythms in The Conversation
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Idea competition serves as springboard for young entrepreneurs
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Undergraduate Research Symposium award winners embody success of UMBC STEM BUILD program