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Fabulous Frosh Two UMBC freshmen win conference Rookie of the Year honors in basketball March Madness is the ultimate hoops party – and two standout UMBC freshmen are giving the Retriever Nation renewed hope that their basketball squads soon will return to the Big Dance for the first time since 2007 and 2008, when the women’s and men’s teams debuted at the NCAA Championships in back-to-back years. Sara Tarbert, a Delta, Pa. native, and Rodney Elliott, a local product with exceptional pedigree, were named America East Conference Rookies of the Year at the end of this season. Both players also… Continue Reading UMBC: Fabulous Frosh

Honor Roll Presidential Faculty and Staff Awards recognize exceptional service to UMBC. On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, UMBC will celebrate the exceptional performance, leadership and service of seven members of our campus community at the Presidential Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony. “The Presidential Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony is an important annual tradition for the UMBC community,” says President Freeman Hrabowski. “Our faculty and staff are dedicated to fulfilling the university’s mission and vision, and this event gives us the opportunity to honor their professional achievements and commitment to our campus.” The 2014–2017 Presidential Teaching Professor is Marie desJardins, professor… Continue Reading UMBC: Honor Roll

Calm in a Storm Graduate student Sako Narita provides disaster response in the Philippines It was the middle of the night when Sako Narita received an urgent phone call from Japan with a request: a disaster response team headed for the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan needed her expertise. The call did not come as a surprise to Narita ’04, interdisciplinary studies (international emergency health services), currently a master’s student in emergency health services (EHS). She had prior experience providing disaster response for the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in her native Japan and a previous typhoon in the Philippines in 2012.… Continue Reading UMBC: Calm in a Storm

Med, Red, and Dead: Exploring three seas and a new model of international study Israel is home to three of the world’s most diverse marine systems – the Mediterranean, Red and Dead Seas. Although found in rare and remarkable proximity, each is distinguished by unique oceanography, biology, flora and fauna, making Israel a particularly extraordinary destination for students of marine and environmental sciences. This summer, from June 22 to July 6, Yonathan Zohar, chair of UMBC’s Department of Marine Biotechnology, will lead students on an intensive study of the three Israeli seas at the Ruppin Academic Center, in Netanya, Israel,… Continue Reading UMBC: Med, Red and Dead Program

Planting a Seed New grants grow UMBC’s research partnership with UMB Faculty members at Maryland universities conduct important research that may provide relief for spinal cord injury victims, or develop new targeted methods to deliver drugs through nanotechnology. More and more of that vital work is being conducted in collaborations between faculty at UMBC and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). The latest venture to expand the research partnership between the two neighboring universities (separated by less than seven miles) is a joint UMBC-UMB Research and Innovation Partnership Seed Grant Program that pairs primary investigators from each university to conduct… Continue Reading UMBC: Planting A Seed

Net Gains Looking Back On a Phenomenal Year for UMBC Soccer An amazing season for both UMBC soccer squads finally came to a close in below-freezing temperatures at Retriever Soccer Park on November 24, 2013 when the men’s team – ranked at #5 in the nation – played a 2-2 see-saw second-round NCAA tournament game against the University of Connecticut that ended with the Retrievers bowing out of the tournament on penalty kicks. Both the men’s and women’s soccer teams had an incredible ride, however –breaking new ground for UMBC’s athletics program while proving that winners on the field can… Continue Reading UMBC: Looking Back On a Phenomenal Year for UMBC Soccer