Thousands of supporters gathered to celebrate the tremendous achievements of the Class of 2016, nearly 2,000 strong, at UMBC’s commencement ceremonies, held May 18-19. Moving speeches served as a powerful reminder of the value and impact of a UMBC degree. Continue Reading UMBC honors Class of 2016, adding nearly 2,000 new members to the Retriever alumni family
History professors Kate Brown and Rebecca Boehling have won coveted semester-long fellowships from the American Academy in Berlin. They are two of just 23 scholars selected in the U.S. to receive Berlin Prize fellowships. Continue Reading Two UMBC history professors win Berlin Prize fellowships
The University Center Ballroom was humming on Wednesday, April 27, with the voices of hundreds of UMBC students presenting their research and creative work to proud long-time supporters and curious first-time visitors alike. Continue Reading Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day celebrates 20 years of remarkable student work
Award winning composer Susan Botti and poet Linda Gregerson will be on campus this week, presenting several events on April 27 and 28 that highlight their collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches in the arts. These will include a Meet the Composer talk and q&a with with Susan Botti; Resonating Poetry, Words with Music with Botti and Gregerson discussing the collaborative process of creating a work together; and Twice Told Tales: Adapting Ancient Stories in Contemporary Arts, a talk by Linda Gregerson, currently UMBC writer-in-residence in the English department. The culmination of their visit to UMBC will be Moon and Myth, a concert of contemporary vocal chamber music… Continue Reading Visiting artists inspire collaboration at UMBC
A year after the Baltimore Uprising of 2015, Meringolo and Tropea discuss their work to gather and preserve a diverse range of perspectives and experiences to empower community members to share their own narratives. Continue Reading UMBC public historian Denise Meringolo and alumnus Joe Tropea discuss crowdsourcing history on WYPR
“Volunteering at after-school programs in Baltimore was a central part of my UMBC experience,” says Posey, “and I can credit the myriad of service opportunities through The Shriver Center for sparking my passion for teaching.” Continue Reading Sayre Posey, 2016 Maryland Teacher of Promise, shares how she came to realize love of teaching
The “Seeing Science: Photography, Science, and Visual Culture” research forum examined imaging and visualization methods that support new scientific insights across diverse areas of research. Continue Reading “Seeing Science” research forum connects cells, space, and the senses
“I’m hopeful that this fellowship will help bring greater visibility and support to the high-level scholarship that exists in the humanities and social sciences not only nationwide, but also here at UMBC,” Brown says. Continue Reading Professor Kate Brown named 2016 Carnegie Fellow for nuclear disaster research
Seven faculty across colleges have been awarded Strategic Awards for Research Transitions funding to compete for external support and to pursue new areas of inquiry. Continue Reading START funding enables UMBC faculty to advance their research in new directions
George Derek Musgrove ’97, history, associate professor of history, tells The Atlantic that “Baltimore is a local representation of a national concern.” Continue Reading UMBC historian explains how the role of churches has changed in American civil rights and social justice movements
What will it take to move the dial on the representation of diverse faculty at U.S. colleges and universities? Marketplace, a leading radio program on business and the economy, tackles this question in two new stories highlighting UMBC’s work to train, recruit, hire and retain diverse faculty. Continue Reading Marketplace radio series highlights UMBC faculty diversity initiatives
Constantine Vaporis, professor of history and director of the Asian studies program, has been selected for the ASIANetwork Speakers Bureau. The program is a new distinguished speaker series hosted by the ASIANetwork, a consortium of 160 liberal arts colleges and universities that aims to “strengthen the role of Asian Studies within the framework of liberal arts education to help prepare succeeding generations of undergraduates for a world in which Asian societies play prominent roles in an ever more interdependent world,” according to the organization’s website. Vaporis was nominated and selected for the prestigious program from among faculty in all disciplines. The ASIANetwork… Continue Reading Constantine Vaporis selected for national Asian studies speaker series program
