Mayor Catherine Pugh’s recent plan to offer free community college for all Baltimore public high school students continues to gather momentum. Her original announcement was…
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Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has joined a multi-state team of 15 other attorney generals in opposing President Trump’s plan to ban transgender individuals from…
UMBC’s very own Gymama Slaughter, a professor of computer science and electrical engineering, was recently awarded a $1.5 million research grant by the U.S. Army…
The Maryland Transit Administration has finalized plans for the purchase of 140 new buses to be used in Baltimore’s public transit system. The deal for the…
As UMBC looks to revise its Climate Action Plan, concern grows among students and faculty over whether the school is doing enough to promote sustainability.…
For one UMBC student working on her dissertation in robotics, the grind never stops. Even when she is completing monumental tasks for others against the…
UMBC has recently launched Retriever Essentials, a partnership-based project aimed at combating food security in the university community. The program will allow students in need…
As of the Fall 2017 semester, the Salsarita’s on campus began increasing prices for certain food items such as beans and rice, which now cost…
Dr. Jerome Adams, UMBC alumnus and former Indiana Health Commissioner, was confirmed as U.S. Surgeon General last August by President Trump. During the U.S. Senate…
For the first time ever in the history of the university’s Steering Committee, members elected two students to lead the group. Prior to this, at…
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen paid a visit to UMBC last Friday to tour the campus and have a discussion about education with a few…
A 32-year-old construction worker died after falling from the roof of The Commons early Monday morning. Elmer Donaldo Felipe Gonzalez was an employee of JV…
The class of 2018 will be the first to graduate on campus. While previous commencement ceremonies were held at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore,…
The Association of American Colleges & Universities has recently announced that UMBC will be one of ten institutions to serve as locations for the first…
In the month of August, UMBC had four hate crimes or acts of intolerance committed on campus. Four separate cases of intolerant and racially-charged vandalism…
The Trump administration’s recent announcement of plans to end DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – prompted a swift response from The Mosaic, UMBC’s Center…