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Destiny’s Darlings UMBC Men’s Soccer Kicks Into the Final Four On a chilly night in Omaha, Nebraska, UMBC’s men’s soccer squad reached giddy heights that a Division I team in any sport at the university has never touched before: the Final Four of a national collegiate tournament. After 110 hard-fought and scoreless minutes against the No. 12-ranked Creighton Bluejays, the Retrievers snatched a 4-3 win on penalty kicks. UMBC’s “Road Warriors” (15-5-4) have travelled to four different stadiums and won four straight games against nationally-ranked opponents to earn their place among the elite teams in college soccer. “We were destined… Continue Reading UMBC: Men’s Soccer Advances to Final 4

Road Warriors UMBC men’s soccer team beats the University of Louisville to advance to Elite Eight in NCAA Tournament. The UMBC men’s soccer team journeyed to play No. 13 Louisville on Sunday night and came back with a famous victory that propelled them into the quarterfinals of the men’s NCAA soccer championship. Senior midfielder Kansaye Mamadou converted a penalty kick in the 24th minute to give the Retrievers a lead that they never relinquished to earn a spot in the Elite Eight of college soccer. UMBC is the only team remaining in the tournament with three wins on the road… Continue Reading UMBC: Road Warriors

Fan Favorites Energized by Retriever fans, men’s soccer wins America East championship, earning NCAA bid. The UMBC men’s soccer team clinched the America East Conference championship on Saturday, November 15, with a 2-1 victory over Hartford. The win earned the Retrievers an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the team’s fourth NCAA tournament berth in five years. Coach Pete Caringi’s crew is unbeaten in the past 25 games against America East foes — a conference record. The Retrievers are also just the second team in America East history to win both regular season and tournament titles in back-to-back seasons. The… Continue Reading UMBC: Fan Favorites

TEDxUMBC Takes Flight Community voices inform and inspire UMBC through first TEDx event on campus. While staying at a hotel during a conference in 2007, Kimberly Moffitt came across a key card with a phrase on it that caught her eye: “Walk in like you own the place.” The words struck her so much that she requested another key card with the same phrase on it to take home to her two children. Seven years later, Moffitt, an associate professor of American studies, points to the phrase as inspiration for founding a charter school for boys in Baltimore and used… Continue Reading UMBC: TEDxUMBC Takes Flight

Building on Student Success UMBC launches holistic student support initiative following White House STEM education workshop on campus. Faculty researchers, administrators, and staff across UMBC cheered when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced by teleconference on October 22, 2014, a groundbreaking series of awards for the university. NIH has granted UMBC over $18 million to create a national model of comprehensive support to expand and increase the success of students seeking degrees in the sciences, technology, engineering and math (STEM). This funding is part of a $240 million, five-year NIH investment to enhance diversity in the biomedical research workforce.… Continue Reading UMBC: Building on Student Success

Inviting Inspiration UMBC celebrates the grand opening of the Performing Arts and Humanities Building. From the moment its doors opened for fall 2014 classes, students, faculty, staff, and visitors alike have taken delight in UMBC’s new Performing Arts and Humanities Building (PAHB), which offers exceptional venues for performances and lectures, settings for teaching and research, and opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. “It’s an inviting space,” said Scott Casper, Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. “It’s a space for every student on campus to experience the performing arts and humanities, for our entire campus community to come together… Continue Reading UMBC: Inviting Inspiration

Student Advocate Gov. O’Malley appoints Sondheim Scholar Catherine Cano as 2014–15 MHEC student commissioner. The Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) sets state policies on tuition rates, academic programs and many other issues that affect every college student in Maryland. As the commission works this year, one UMBC student is making her voice heard on behalf of students in those important debates. In August, Governor Martin O’Malley appointed Catherine Cano ’16, political science, as the Student Commissioner to MHEC for the 2014-2015 school year. This prestigious position will allow Cano to advocate for students and their educational institutions, weigh in on… Continue Reading UMBC: Student Advocate

National Interest UMBC partners in cybersecurity R&D center bridging government, industry, and higher education. UMBC will play an exciting role in strengthening our nation’s cybersecurity infrastructure through a new Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) announced this week. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a contract to operate the center to the MITRE Corporation, which will partner with the University System of Maryland (USM) to carry out the center’s goals. UMBC and the University of Maryland, College Park are collaborators with MITRE and Anupam Joshi, director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity, will serve in a… Continue Reading UMBC: National Interest