FEATURES

Battlefields of Bits and Bytes
– By Joab Jackson ’90
How UMBC is pushing the frontiers of research and training in cyber security – and keeping its own networks safe from attacks. Read more…

Chasing Tales
– By Rafael Alvarez
As a journalist and an author, UMBC English professor Christopher Corbett has a knack for finding marvelous and mislaid stories past and present – from the Pony Express to the Poker Bride to Polock Johnny. Read more…

Turn to Earn
– By Meredith Purvis, Derek Roper ’11 and Erika Shernoff
Internships are a key part of a UMBC education. And sometimes, a challenging and timely internship can change a career trajectory. We talk with four UMBC alumni whose internships helped rocket them to success. Read More…

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

– TO YOU

– UP ON THE ROOF

– THE NEWS

– AT PLAY

– DISCOVERY

– ALUMNI PROFILES

• Pictures From Providence – Sharon Knecht ’99 and ’03 M.A., history
• The Matter of Mind – Reid Thompson ’85, biological sciences
• First of the Fab Fours – Robin Keller Mayne ’69, American studies
• Broad(mede) Vistas in Aging

– HOW TO GIVE A DAWG A FACELIFT

– OVER COFFEE