Written by Bernard Lohr, associate professor of biological sciences, UMBC In the cloud forests of South America, amid the constant cacophony of bird and insect noise, a deafening blare...
January 31, 2023
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Chengpeng Chen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC Bringing a new drug to market costs billions of dollars and can take over a decade. These high monetary and time...
January 10, 2023
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11:35 AM
Temperatures may have been cold, but the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena was warmed by the cheers of congratulations for this year’s graduates. More than 800 undergraduate and graduate...
December 22, 2022
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Amy Froide, professor of history, UMBC Enron. Bernie Madoff. FTX. In modern capitalism, it seems as if stories of companies and managers who engage in fraud and swindle their investors...
December 21, 2022
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1:41 PM
On a sunny fall day in October, a handful of student and faculty researchers are scuttling around outside the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery. High-tech instruments sprawl across folding tables,...
December 21, 2022
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11:22 AM
On a Tuesday evening in early November, Main Street in The Commons was uncommonly crowded. Hundreds of democratically-minded students eagerly—and perhaps, anxiously—milled around watching the 2022...
December 14, 2022
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4:07 PM
When UMBC’s volleyball team headed to the University of Southern California (USC) for a tournament, Athletics reached out and invited West Coast Retrievers to an LA happy hour before the game....
December 14, 2022
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3:37 PM
President Valerie Sheares Ashby is a people person. You can see her eyes light up while she talks with folks. On her very first day as president of UMBC, Sheares Ashby made it clear that she...
December 13, 2022
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Meet Sandra Abbott, who has been working in UMBC’s art world for 14 years. Whether it’s through setting up world-class exhibitions or coordinating educational programs, Sandra combines her work as...
December 13, 2022
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11:02 AM
Elle Kreiner and Chicken. (Marlayna Demond ’11/UMBC) At UMBC, we welcome Retrievers of all stripes… and feathers. Spotted on campus recently enjoying student life is an 87-year-old yellow...
December 8, 2022
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