Governors across the United States have been working to determine what safe reopening might look during the COVID-19 pandemic. When the National Governors Association (NGA) needed experts to...
June 10, 2020
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Friendship first, story second. These have been the cornerstones of success for Count Me In, Riverdale, and Obsidian, three Retriever-made podcasts. While their production paths differ, all...
June 9, 2020
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A team led by UMBC’s Dipanjan Pan has developed an experimental diagnostic test to rapidly detect the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19, potentially as early as the first day of infection....
June 9, 2020
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During this time in America, each of us is faced with the challenge of understanding our position in society and our role in dismantling structural racism. It is important to say the names on...
June 8, 2020
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By David Salkever, professor, Public Policy, UMBC Preventing deaths from COVID-19 depends on people who get it seeking treatment – which also allows authorities to track down whom they came...
June 2, 2020
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By Rakaia Kenney ’21, research assistant, UMBC; Kayla Lemons ’20, research assistant UMBC, and Weihong Lin, professor, Biological Sciences, UMBC Curious Kids is a series for children...
June 1, 2020
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As election season heats up and campaign posters begin to cram our sidewalks, the public eye is often drawn to government leaders. In UMBC’s own community, you’ll find alumni serving in impressive...
May 29, 2020
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By Rebecca A. Adelman, associate professor, media & communication studies, UMBC There is so much to mourn at the moment. Even those of us spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic are...
May 28, 2020
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The stunning first-round upset of top-ranked and top-seeded Virginia in the NCAA Tournament two years ago put the UMBC men’s basketball program on the map in the United States. But the truth is,...
May 27, 2020
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Jim Kruger ’13, political science, M.P.P. ’14, has a favorite spot near the public policy building. The bench, Kruger’s own donation to UMBC, is strategically positioned to give him a break...
May 27, 2020
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