In just over 40 years, UMBC has progressed from a fledgling university to a nationally renowned institution of higher education. And when it comes to areas such as undergraduate teaching or...
See Hear: Vikki Valentine ’96
“People know what NPR sounds like,” says Vikki Valentine ’96, English. “But they don’t really know what it looks like. And on the Web, it’s what you look like that’s...
Game Face: Rick Moreland ’83
After a stellar basketball career at UMBC, Rick Moreland ’83, interdisciplinary studies was drafted in the ninth round of the National Basketball Association’s annual draft by...
The Healing Hands of the Humanities: Blair P. Grubb ’76
Blair. P. Grubb ’76, biological sciences, is a distinguished professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Toledo’s College of Medicine. He was also a...
Courting Controversy: Robin L. West ’76
Are rulings by judges the best way to settle hot-button social issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion? Maybe not, argues Georgetown University law professor and UMBC alumna...
Up on the Roof – Fall 2010
UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III takes your questions.
Q. This past spring, the Baltimore Sun caused a bit of clamor on campus when an...
To You – Fall 2010
How did you get through UMBC?
Many UMBC alumni do it the hard way. Working day jobs (or the night shift) as they earn their degrees. They didn’t just thirst for knowledge; they broke a sweat...
Tapping Into the Wire
American Studies professor Kimberly Moffitt felt like a stranger when she moved to Baltimore. But her research on public attitudes about the gritty HBO crime drama brought the city...
Over Coffee – Fall 2010
It’s no surprise that an Honors University in Maryland has a chapter of America’s longest-lived and most prestigious academic honor society. But hosting a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK),...
How to be a Pottery Detective
With Esther Read, Field Archaeologist
So you’re digging a garden in your backyard, and all of a sudden the point of your trowel hits something hard. You poke around...