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Johanna Alonso '20

2019 aerial photo of UMBC's campus, featuring the new Event Center
June 11, 2020

Change of Scenery—Then & Now

UMBC’s Catonsville campus has changed significantly since opening in 1966. How will it continue to transform?

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Black and white photo of early UMBC graduation
May 20, 2020

Stay Golden, Retrievers

Although they are decades apart, the graduating Class of 2020 has made just as indelible a mark on UMBC as the first graduating class in 1970.

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Marsh area with greenery on the shoreline and a tree in the foreground
May 6, 2020

Rewriting the Rules of Academia in the Age of COVID-19

Will this unusual semester yield lasting, innovative teaching practices? These UMBC instructors are working to make that happen.

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UMBC Alumnae Sanjana Taskar ’19, acting and sociology, and Hannah Kelly ’17, acting, pose for the cover of Staging Sex. Photo courtesy of Shealyn Jae.
November 26, 2019

Keeping Pace with Theatrical Intimacy 

Staging intimacy—which includes everything from holding hands to simulated sex—can be one of the most challenging parts of producing a play. 

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October 17, 2019

Alumni Playwrights Produce Proxy and The Possible Place

Two alumni productions premiere in one week. The collaboration with a group of dedicated alums makes the creative process that much more successful.

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Zack Smedley '18 goofs around with True Grit. Photo courtesy of the author.
September 13, 2019

Part-Time Novelist Wins New York Times Praise

Zack Smedley ’18 spent the first half of his senior year working on the manuscript that eventually became his debut young adult novel, Deposing Nathan.

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