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The Class of 2026 found communities to help tackle big challenges
If you surveyed UMBC’s Class of 2026 and generated a word cloud, the word “community” would instantly dominate the screen. You might be tempted to dismiss it as a buzzword […]
UMBC Magazine
Fall 2025 Issue
ARTS+YOU
Magazine
Quick Posts
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UMBC to honor faculty and staff at presidential awards ceremony
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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
Community
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The Class of 2026 found communities to help tackle big challenges
If you surveyed UMBC’s Class of 2026 and generated a word cloud, the word “community” would instantly dominate the screen. You might be tempted to dismiss it as a buzzword […]
Policy & Society
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The Bernard L. Berkowitz Memorial Award for public service gives students the financial freedom to invest in themselves and their education
Erika Bucciantini, a doctoral student of public policy, is the 2026 recipient of the UMBC Bernard L. Berkowitz Memorial Award for public service. She follows Magaly Lizama Hernandez ’26, psychology, the inaugural recipient.
Science & Technology
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How to make a (really) strong magnet
Ethan Bowers, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering at UMBC, is building a massive, one-of-a-kind research magnet. It weighs more than 2,300 pounds and will be capable of generating a magnetic field of 7 teslas (roughly 140,000 times stronger than the Earth’s magnetic field and more than twice as strong as the field in most…
Arts & Culture
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Humanities Books: A Room in Bombay
Manil Suri moved to the United States after spending the first 20 years of his life living in a 400-square-foot room in Bombay, India, with his father, Ram, and mother, Prem, to whom he dedicated his latest book, A Room in Bombay. The
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The Class of 2026 found communities to help tackle big challenges
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