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Strange Dance Partners
UMBC researchers are discovering building blocks of hand motions, aiming to improve physical therapy for humans and find better ways to program robots. They’re turning to a novel source material for these gestures: classical Indian dance.
UMBC Magazine
Fall 2025 Issue
ARTS+YOU
Magazine
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A season of change for UMBC’s Class of 2025
Nearly 1,000 Retrievers crossed the stage on December 17 and 18 as UMBC celebrated Ph.D., graduate, and undergraduate Commencement ceremonies. At the heart of these celebrations were the people—the family members who offered…
Quick Posts
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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
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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
Community
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UMBC retains designation as a Carnegie Community Engaged campus
UMBC has been designated as one of only three institutions in Maryland dually recognized with Carnegie R1 status—among the top 5 percent of research universities in the nation—and the Carnegie Community Engagement classification, which recognizes universities who systematically share knowledge and resources with those of the public and private sectors to enrich scholarship, research, and…
Policy & Society
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After a lifetime of adapting her English to fit the occasion, Ivy Nguyen ’23 pursues further language education abroad with critical funding
Ivy Nguyen’s language chops and ability to teach, lead, and uplift multiple communities earned her two prestigious international opportunities: First, as an alternate for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Taiwan to pursue a master’s in Chinese as a second language; and the second is admission to the National Normal University, a leading institution…
Science & Technology
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Students in the Center for Women in Technology succeed by lifting each other up—and are spreading the model around the world
Carolyn Seaman, the director of the Center for Women in Technology (CWIT) at UMBC collaborated with colleagues in Brazil to establish a set of programs and activities, modeled on CWIT, to support undergraduate female computing students at the Brazilian universities. Four UMBC CWIT students accompanied her on the trip to Brazil.
Arts & Culture
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Laughing in the dark—UMBC’s Erin Hogan writes about Spain’s cinema after Franco
Asking Erin Hogan, an associate professor of Spanish, to choose her favorite film is like asking her whether she prefers to study Iberian or Latin American films—both of which she researches and fell in love with as an undergrad. The real answer is that Hogan’s favorite film is whatever film she is studying at the…
