UMBC has long been considered a commuter campus. Almost 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled, only 1,500 of which are freshmen, and 25 percent…
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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…
Flashing lights, balloons and music can only mean one thing: the return of the Retriever Dance Marathon, an annual event on campus, organized by a…
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…
On the back of two great results for UMBC, two Retrievers: senior midfielder Sammy Kahsai and freshman goalie Ciaran O’Loughlin were awarded America East co-players…
As the fall semester continues, the leaves begin to change colors, the weather gets colder and more students across campus get sick. As a result,…
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…
Claudia Lopez sits by herself at a table outside the Commons collecting donations for U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico whose lives have been devastated by…
During the preseason games in 2016, Colin Kaepernick, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, quietly remained seated during The Star Spangled Banner. After the anthem,…
When students are choosing a path to higher education, there is commonly the debate about what type of college or university to attend. Students often…
According to The Banned Books Week Coalition, Banned Books Week was first started in 1982 as an effort to celebrate the freedom to read and…
Corrine Janet and Paulomi Dholaki, usually the Student Life Coordinator for Leadership Development and Coordinator for Transfer Student Success with Off Campus Student Services, respectively,…
According to a report by Burning Glass Technologies, a college degree today is similar to a high-school diploma from a few years ago. Employers are…
Seven weeks. Forty-nine days. 1,176 hours. No matter how you look at it, the UMBC Women’s Basketball season is right around the corner. The Retrievers will open…