UMBC’s women’s team won its third straight America East title, setting a conference record as the first team to surpass 900 points. The Retrievers also won top individual swimmer, academic, and coaching honors. Continue Reading UMBC Swimming and Diving team wins 2017 America East Championship
“What we’re trying to do at UMBC,” President Hrabowski told the crowd gathered at the National Museum of Natural History, “is to teach young people of all races that they can change the world.” Continue Reading Smithsonian hosts UMBC president for discussion on promoting diversity
UMBC and nine partner institutions have received a three-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to create new strategies to prevent, respond to, and investigate sexual assault, domestic violence, relationship violence, and stalking, and to strengthen trauma-informed survivor services. Continue Reading UMBC receives grant to strengthen sexual assault prevention and response, joins MHEC in sharing campus climate survey results
Specific objectives include increasing awareness of and access to survivor services; assessing and enhancing the capacity of campus response teams to address sexual violence; and providing comprehensive survivor-centered trainings that include specific information on serving LGBT students and students of color. Continue Reading UMBC receives grant to strengthen sexual assault prevention and response, joins MHEC in sharing campus climate survey results
The Sun’s latest special section on education highlights UMBC programs in psychology and cybersecurity, as well as UMBC’s College JUMP program, which provides near-peer college access mentoring for local refugee youth. Continue Reading Baltimore Sun highlights how UMBC is enhancing the student experience in and out of the classroom
The publication notes UMBC is one of the the nation’s top colleges “for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation and at an affordable price.” Continue Reading Princeton Review features UMBC in 2017 “Colleges That Pay You Back” guide
“We’re very proud to be part of the UMBC community,” shared Barbara Hill, one of the donors who made the Hill-Lopes Scholars Program possible. “We couldn’t think of a better home for this program.” Continue Reading UMBC celebrates launch of Hill-Lopes Scholars Program focused on supporting women in STEM
The online IS master’s program is designed for students who are advancing their education while balancing commitments to careers, family, and military service. Continue Reading U.S. News ranks UMBC online master’s degree in information systems among top 20 in the nation
UMBC celebrated a banner year in 2016. In thousands of ways, big and small, this golden anniversary has been full of moments to remember for the university community. Here are 12 top highlights. Continue Reading UMBC’s Top 12 Highlights of 2016
UMBC has participated in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship for the past 26 years, and has won or tied for first place ten times. Continue Reading UMBC places 7th at Pan-Am Team Chess Championship
The UMBC community gathered to celebrate the hard work, perseverance, and achievement of over 1,200 new alumni at winter 2016 graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies. Continue Reading UMBC celebrates over 1,200 new alumni at 2016 winter commencement ceremonies
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has again named UMBC a Best Value College, featuring UMBC on both its “top 100” public universities list and “top 300” national list. UMBC is one of just three universities in the state of Maryland to be featured for 2017. Continue Reading UMBC named a “Best Value College” eight years in a row for strong academics and affordability
