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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.
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Pete Fitzpatrick, pediatric transport nurse, appointed to Maryland’s Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council
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Jacqueline Smith ’06, cancer drug researcher and role model for Black chemists
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Who is “Fulbright material”? UMBC’s six 2025 – 2026 Fulbright U.S. Student Program recipients share their not-so-secret recipe for success
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Homecoming 2025: Bonfires, carnivals, and puppies—oh my!
UMBC Magazine
Spring 2025 Issue
It Takes a Symphony
Magazine
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UMBC’s Paws & Pivot free webinar series helps federal workers rebuild their careers
Paws & Pivot is a free job-skills webinar series for impacted federal workers that launched in April 2025. The team is lead by Rex Jarrett and includes campus and community partners.
Quick Posts
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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
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Yasmine Kotturi named one of nine inaugural Computing Research Association Trustworthy AI Research Fellows
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UMBC publishes first-of-its-kind tutorial for teaching complex computational chemistry technique
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Making STEM courses more inclusive with lab and lecture hall upgrades
Community
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Meet a Retriever—Rishi Nixon, Honors College senior, Parkinson’s researcher, and performing storyteller
Rishi Nixon, a senior biological sciences major and member of the Honors College, brings a kaleidoscope of interests and skills to his time at UMBC after transferring from Montgomery College. He’s been a performing storyteller for more than 10 years, originally with his 4-H youth troupe and now independently. Nixon conducts research on Parkinson’s disease…
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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Who is AI for? Eric Stokan receives USM professorship to address barriers and promote AI equity for students and faculty
Erik Stokan is the recipient of The University System of Maryland’s Elkins Professorship for Academic Transformation to address this gap with his project “Computational Social Science and Generative AI: Scalable, Modular Training for Teaching, Research, and Public Impact.”
Arts & Culture
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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.
