

When the pandemic first hit, many of us found ourselves looking closely at what surrounded us and what confined us. For Brea Souders ’01, visual arts, however, the circumstances drove her to look outward through the screen of her upstate New York window, and to wonder deeply about the lives happening beyond her driveway.
The rise in anti-Asian hate crimes during the pandemic has prompted many Asian American parents to enroll their children in remote learning.
In 2019, UMBC’s first public policy doctoral graduate pledged $100,000 to create the Renny DiPentima Fund for Advancement in Public Policy.
The UMBC Rocket League Team, one of the eSports teams at UMBC, wins the America East tournament.