Dear UMBC Community, As the fall semester draws to a close and we look forward to celebrating graduates at Commencement ceremonies tomorrow and Thursday, I write to share updates on some key...
December 16, 2025
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3:34 PM
Asking Erin Hogan to choose her favorite film is like asking her whether she prefers to study Iberian or Latin American films—both of which she researches and fell in love with as an undergrad....
December 16, 2025
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12:59 PM
Steven Caruso ’94, Ph.D. ’02, biological sciences, received an honorable mention for the inaugural Outstanding Instructor Award from Microbiology Resource Announcements. The award celebrates...
December 16, 2025
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10:11 AM
A couple of years ago, Jessica Floyd was enjoying delicious olive flatbreads in Opio, France, a village on the French Riviera, thanks to the hospitality of Judith Legman, who owned the olive grove...
December 15, 2025
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4:29 PM
By: Bekkah West, Social Work Major & WGEC Intern, Psychology Minor Growing up, I did not understand the gravity of how symbols of hate could tangibly impact a person; how they justify...
December 15, 2025
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4:14 PM
It should come to no surprise that numerary luminary Connie Pierson, AVP in IRADS—UMBC’s primary source for official campus statistics to comply with government reporting requirements and support...
December 15, 2025
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3:29 PM
On December 5, the campus celebrated this year’s Arts+ initiative with five concurrent events featuring UMBC students, faculty, and guest artists. In a sold out concert in Linehan Concert Hall,...
December 15, 2025
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3:23 PM
UMBC researchers are discovering building blocks of hand motions, aiming to improve physical therapy for humans and find better ways to program robots. They’re turning to a novel source material...
December 15, 2025
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12:55 PM
A study out of UMBC, published in Nature Communications, reveals how enteroviruses—including pathogens that cause polio, encephalitis, myocarditis, and the common cold—initiate replication by...
December 12, 2025
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