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From UMBC to Costa Rica: Justine Wagner '04

Just a few months after graduating from UMBC, Justine Wagner, Spanish and economics ’04, traveled to Costa Rica on a Fulbright Research Award. Wagner conducted research for a study on the effects...

Posted: November 5, 2010, 8:02 PM

Using Chemistry Every Day: Dr. Adam Freeman '95 (M3)

What’s it like being a pioneer? Ask Dr. Adam Freeman ’95, chemistry, an innovator in the chemistry of paper and one of the first generations of UMBC’s Meyerhoff Scholars. He’ll tell you the...

Posted: November 3, 2010, 8:37 PM

Back to School: Bradford C. Engel '89

When was the last time you thanked a teacher? As morning bells begin to ring in a new school year, Brad Engel ’89, B.A. American studies, cert. secondary education, is doing his part to make sure...

Posted: November 3, 2010, 8:33 PM

Eyewitness to History: Vikki Valentine '96

As the world reeled amid the latest terrorist attacks in London last month (July 2005), Vikki Valentine pushed her fears aside to do what she does best – tell it as she sees it. Even as the world...

Posted: November 3, 2010, 8:30 PM

The Wedding Planner: Linnyette Richardson-Hall '84

This time of the year, Linnyette Richardson-Hall’s phone never stops ringing. The brides – 22 of them this season, to be exact – call her about the important details of their weddings at all...

Posted: November 3, 2010, 8:27 PM