Dear Retrievers,
The day after the men’s basketball team made history with their surprise win over UVA, I unglued myself from my laptop and headed to the grocery store to pick up an ice...
Distance – Terri McCubbin Steel ’12, English
With memories of her mother to guide her, a daughter rides the Atlantic coast to help cure cancer
Who Gets to be a Superhero? Representation and Comic Books
With the runaway success of Marvel's Black Panther movie, and the Women's Center's upcoming Knowledge Exchange about diversity in superhero media coming up this Thursday, we thought it might...
Cyber Ninja on Capitol Hill – Diana Parr ’85
What happens when you send a Department of Defense (DoD) cybersecurity expert to Capitol Hill for a year? Starting in January 2017, I had the opportunity to serve...
Back to School: The First Weeks
We attend school for different reasons -- or, more likely, a combination of reasons. When we go "back to school" later, those reasons often multiply or change.
This fall, I did the latter....
Wow Moments
Who inspired YOU most as a student at UMBC? We asked, and you answered! #UMBCwow
"Ilsa Lottes pulled me into Sociology, and Leslie Morgan...
Wild Card – Fall 2017
Henge
After a sculpture titled, Forum, by Thomas Sayre
Outside the glass wall
That separates us
From the cold and below,
Covered with an icing
Of melting...
Things Worth Saving
Although his thoughts often take him to the faraway national monuments of Utah and beyond, Ian Kennedy ’00, interdisciplinary studies, works every day to make his long-time...
“I’m a Water Dancer, Mom!”: On Bodies and Baltimore’s Premier Water Ballet
A reflection on body acceptance and positivity while being a part of a water ballet by Special Projects Coordinator, Amelia Meman '15, gender and women's studies. Above...
Q&A with Mary Stuart: Making a Case for Women’s Voting Rights
In 1972, professor Mary Stuart fought to keep her maiden name and vote in Maryland, in what became a landmark case for women’s...