The 50th Anniversary may be in our rear-view mirror, but you can relive the best moments (puppies!) or catch up on what you missed right…
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It has been a good couple of weeks for the UMBC men’s soccer team. After their 3-1 loss to UNC Wilmington, the Retrievers have gone…
The UMBC women’s soccer team is off to a rough start this season, but with the cheers of students and alumni, the team managed to…
UMBC’s Division of Information Technology recently announced that construction of a new communications tower is slated to begin. The motive for the renovation is to…
With the political instability occurring in Syria and other parts of the Middle East, millions of families have been displaced. M.I.A. has most recently taken…
Hollywood might not have been too far off the mark with the “Indiana Jones” films; just take Gary Vikan as living proof. During his nearly…
GRIT-X was a series of “presentations to celebrate the achievements of UMBC’s alumni and faculty.” The program was broken into 30 minute sessions “where select groups…
It all started when a National Institutes of Health announcement called for new applications to the NIH-funded MARC program. MARC U*STAR stands for Maximizing Access…
Any child knows the power of a mother’s love. An unconditional, ever-forgiving love that is never challenged. But what about when the child is the…
With freshmen successfully navigating their way to classes, workloads piling up and temperatures dropping, students are fueling up on their favorite coffees and taking shelter…
College is hard work. But the UMBC Circus Arts Club still has time for fun and games. Formally known as UMBC Hoopla, the club was…
After three months of resting, relaxation and a lack of academic responsibilities, the fun came to an end as students moved in to their homes for the…
The student-created project group, Retriever Treasures, braved the sweltering heat on Wednesday to host their first yard sale. With the goal of reducing waste on…
UMBC receives a lot of praise for its budding and ‘innovative’ undergraduate program, but this attention often leaves the university’s graduate programs (and subsequently its…
Another fall semester of classes has officially begun at UMBC and with each passing fall semester, the campus is greeted by the advent of incoming…
UMBC’s 50th anniversary celebrates not only a long record of higher learning, but also an environment that allows students to get involved in new hobbies…