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Lewis Wickes Hine, ‘A little spinner in a Georgia Cotton Mill, 1909.’ Gelatin silver print, 5 x 7 in.

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The US has a child labor problem – recalling an embarrassing past that Americans may think they’ve left behind

Jun 15, 2023

a group of young people gather around a garden plot, working the soil

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Growing Fruitful Campus Connections

Jun 15, 2023

A family photo in sepia shows the Rosenthal family

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Writing your way through your own history—and sharing the narrative

Jun 15, 2023

a researcher who's hands are only showing working with cybersecurity technology

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UMBC’s 2023 Cybersecurity Exploratory Project Awardees Announced

Jun 14, 2023

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Squaring the Circle: The Powerful Art of Hadieh Shafie

Jun 14, 2023

in a black and white photo, a woman sits at a desk, pouring over materials

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Retriever for Life

Jun 14, 2023

A family gathers around a matriarch in a wheelchair

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Caregiving Goes Both Ways

Jun 14, 2023

Jamie Gurganus, second from left, poses with softball players displaying their 2022 America East Championship jewelry.

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Faculty Unleash Their Inner Coach

Jun 14, 2023

Four people stand in front of a quilt with a gold heart on it. The people are holding copies of a book titled This Belongs to Us.

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UMBC Belongs to All of Us

Jun 13, 2023

Hope Weismann smiles at camera.

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Meet a Retriever—Hope Weisman ’14, M.A. ’18, transfer student advocate

Jun 12, 2023

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Office Hours

Jun 12, 2023

in a behind the scenes shot on a film set, a man fends off a pretend bear with a door

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Grin and Bear It

Jun 12, 2023

A young man takes a picture outside with a pinhole camera in a packing tube

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How to Make a Pinhole Camera

Jun 12, 2023

Terry Smith stands in a boat at sea working to change the effects of climate change on ocean life.

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Out of office—Developing underwater technologies to best support ocean life

Jun 9, 2023

satellite image of the globe; continents are gray and swaths of orange and red swirl in the oceans

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El Niño is back – that’s good news or bad news, depending on where you live

Jun 9, 2023

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