People who care about change must be willing to plunge their hands deep into the mess of this world. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it.
UMBC After Dark
Life doesn’t pause when classes end and the sun goes down. Instead, students grab a cup of coffee and find a million ways of following their interests bringing campus to life.
Beyond Watson: Claudia Pearce ’89 M.S., ’94 Ph.D., Computer Science
Computers can crunch mind-boggling arrays of data. They can even win quiz shows. But are there more powerful applications of this analytical power yet to come? Claudia Pearce ’89 M.S., ’94...
Policy Pioneer
Renato “Renny” DiPentima, Ph.D. '84, policy sciences, had a distinguished career in the Social Security Administration, where he rose to the rank of deputy commissioner...
Calling All Retriever Believers!
We need your help! The Fall 2014 issue of UMBC Magazine will explore the history - and the future course - of UMBC Athletics. We need YOU - alumni at UMBC - to help us tell that story...
Career Q&A: Richard Byrne ’86, English
Every so often, we’ll chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. Today we’re talking with editor Richard Byrne ‘86, English, about his career and work with...
Meet the Staff: Jenny O’Grady
Here in the Office of Alumni Relations, we spend a lot of time telling stories about and talking with our wonderfully...
Heaven, Hell & Eisenhower: Allan Jirikowic ’77, INDS
It’s almost two weeks till Christmas, and Chief Ike’s Mambo Room in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of D.C. has hung up its stockings.
There are loads of them—maybe two dozen, dangling out of...
Moving in Place: Jill Sisson Quinn ’97, English
The habitat in central Maryland where Jill Sisson Quinn ’97, English grew up isn’t very different from the habitat in central Wisconsin where she lives now. The birds, insects, and trees are...
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The latest issue of UMBC Magazine is in mailboxes now, and it's full of great stories like these:
- Rooms to Grow -- UMBC alumni,...